About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Stark is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, depressed, or struggling with relationships and self-esteem. Parents, people facing addiction, those grieving, and folks wrestling with trauma or identity concerns can find practical support.
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and focused on real-life change. Elizabeth keeps sessions straightforward. She listens first, then helps set clear goals.
Together with each person she identifies small steps that add up to meaningful progress.
How Elizabeth works
She also uses techniques aimed at shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors while building skills for coping and resilience. Her background includes a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies from Chapman University and a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from National University.
Early in her career she worked as a bilingual peer counselor at a center for victims of domestic violence, and she has provided individual and group work across multiple settings. That variety shaped her ability to tailor work to different life situations. Elizabeth commonly supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiver strain, sleep and eating concerns, mood disorders, panic, and trauma-related symptoms.
She also addresses career transitions, intimacy difficulties, and questions about life purpose. Sessions aim to be practical, with tools people can use between meetings. She offers a calm, encouraging presence and helps people take manageable steps toward clearer thinking and better daily functioning.
Elizabeth meets clients where they are and focuses on measurable change over time.
What Elizabeth works with
The areas below are the ones Elizabeth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic Techniques and Online Care
Elizabeth commonly uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors and building practical skills. Cognitive approaches help people spot and shift unhelpful thinking patterns that increase anxiety or low mood, and they teach concrete strategies for coping with panic, depression, and mood swings.Solution-focused methods emphasize small, achievable changes. These techniques help people identify what’s already working, set short-term goals, and try targeted steps that produce quick improvements in daily functioning. Motivational strategies support people facing ambivalence about change, such as with addictions, career moves, or lifestyle shifts, by clarifying values and strengthening commitment to goals.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video lets people keep visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging support ongoing reflection and quick touchpoints between meetings. These options increase flexibility and help people continue therapy when schedules are tight.
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