About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Windley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She draws on decades of experience to offer steady, practical support. Her approach is warm and respectful, and she works at the client’s pace.
In sessions she uses clear, goal-oriented methods to tackle problems that interfere with daily life. She helps people break down worries, build coping skills, and try small changes that add up.
How Elizabeth works
Conversations are direct but compassionate, with attention to what matters most to each person. Elizabeth has 35 years of experience in social work and counseling across many concerns. That background influences how she recognizes patterns and suggests tools that fit each situation.
She especially focuses on issues such as addiction, body image, communication problems, and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, hospice and end-of-life matters, guilt and shame, and isolation. Additional focus areas include LGBT issues, eating concerns, bipolar disorder, intellectual disability, infidelity, and non-monogamous relationship questions.
Work in these areas centers on practical steps and honest conversation. Elizabeth offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She aims to empower people to make changes that feel manageable, emphasizing self-love and realistic progress.
Her style combines experience with straightforward tools to help people carry forward after hard times.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How CBT and online sessions work together
Elizabeth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking. CBT focuses on practical skills and small experiments people can try between sessions, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.She adapts CBT techniques to issues like grief, body image, addictions, and communication problems by working step-by-step on specific behaviors and thought patterns. The therapist and client decide together which tools to try, adjusting based on what works and what doesn’t in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Elizabeth treats it as a collaborative process and helps clients choose methods that match their goals and preferences. If CBT seems less helpful over time, she will suggest alternatives or combine strategies to better suit the person’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face discussion and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make scheduling more flexible and can fit around work, caregiving, or travel.
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