Elizabeth Smith, LPC

Pennsylvania · 13 years in practice

Elizabeth Smith is a licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and parenting strain.

License and registration

LPC, Pennsylvania: PC006945 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1235575952 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 13
Languages: English

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About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Smith is a licensed professional counselor with 13 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and parenting strain. She works with people who worry about relationships, sleep, anger, self-esteem, career changes, ADHD, and other life disruptions. Sessions are held in English and run through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.

She aims to make the room a place to talk plainly about what’s hard.

Background and approach

She listens for values, fears, and recurring patterns that get in the way of daily life. Therapy balances practical tools with attention to meaning and choice so people can try new ways of coping. Elizabeth blends several approaches to fit each person’s needs.

She draws on Existential therapy to look at life meaning and personal responsibility. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build skills for mood and anxiety management. Client-Centered techniques guide how she listens and responds.

Her work often focuses on attachment and abandonment themes, communication and commitment issues, blended-family stress, caregiver strain, and coping after loss or disaster. She also supports people dealing with dissociation, co-morbidity, and disruptive mood challenges. People who come to her can expect practical strategies alongside deeper conversations about values and direction.

Sessions follow a collaborative pace so goals are set together and adjusted as progress is made.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Parenting issues
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Sleeping disorders
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Jealousy
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Elizabeth names

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Online support

Approaches for Meaning and Practical Change Online

Elizabeth often brings Existential therapy into work with clients to look at questions of meaning, responsibility, and how values shape choices; this can help when people feel stuck or are facing major life changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to teach how to accept difficult feelings while committing to actions that match what matters, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Client-Centered Therapy shapes how she listens and responds, making sure the conversation is driven by the person’s concerns and goals.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. She works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. That may mean using skill-based CBT strategies some weeks and more existential reflection in others, depending on what a person wants to achieve.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well if bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit short check-ins, and text messaging helps when someone needs more frequent, brief support. These options make scheduling easier and let people access help from different places and at different times.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and parenting strain among other challenges.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She combines listening with practical exercises and reflection on meaning so people can make useful changes.

What is her professional background?

She has 13 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns and life transitions.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds the LPC credential as a licensed professional counselor and practices in Pennsylvania.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English only.

What session formats are available?

She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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