About Elyse
Dr. Elyse Schwartz Myers offers a practical, person-focused approach to therapy. She is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 23 years of experience and she meets people where they are.
Her work centers on clear goals and steady support for everyday problems. She uses Attachment-Based methods to look at relationship patterns and how they affect feeling safe and connected. She also draws on Client-Centered ideas to make sessions collaborative and respectful.
How Elyse works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques are used to teach coping skills for anxiety, mood issues, and strong emotions. Her practice commonly addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and low self-esteem. She also helps with parenting stress, career issues, body image concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, and caregiver strain. Sessions are framed around the person in front of her. She listens first, then together they choose practical steps.
Expect clear, usable tools alongside space to talk through painful experiences. Dr. Myers emphasizes steady collaboration.
She draws on experience with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns to tailor strategies to each person. Her aim is to help people feel more able to handle life changes and make choices that match their values.
Elyse lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Elyse works with
The areas below are the ones Elyse selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How attachment work and skills training translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions use conversations to identify patterns, build more supported ways of relating, and practice new responses when old triggers appear.Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and collaboration. The therapist offers nonjudgmental attention and helps clients set goals that matter to them, letting the person lead while the therapist reflects and supports. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and behaviors with concrete exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and choose methods together with the client based on needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process makes it easier to try a strategy and adjust it over time.
Online therapy can fit into busy lives by offering flexible formats. Video calls are useful for full-session work and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when audio-only check-ins are preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, between-session support, and shorter touchpoints when a quick update or skill reminder helps. These options help people keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily routines.
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