About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Bourne offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed or stuck. She focuses on helping clients manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. Elizabeth meets people where they are and works with them to find practical steps forward.
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with about 20 years in mental health work in New York. Her background includes community, inpatient, outpatient, and hospital settings. That range helps her draw on approaches that fit each person she sees.
Background and approach
Elizabeth uses a mix of methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered work, and EMDR. She does not rely on a single technique - she adapts tools to each person’s needs and comfort level. Sessions focus on clear goals and skills you can use between meetings.
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. Conversations often include breathing and mindfulness exercises, thought-focused work to shift unhelpful patterns, and strategies for handling intense emotions. For trauma-related concerns she can use EMDR alongside safety and grounding techniques.
Parents and caregivers will find help for parenting strain, caregiver stress, and family conflict when those issues come up for individuals. Elizabeth also supports people facing life changes, medical illness, fertility questions, and identity-related concerns. She aims to create space for honest talk and steady progress.
Approaches that work well online
Elizabeth often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions even when feelings are difficult. ACT is helpful for anxiety, depression, and life changes because it combines practical behavior steps with acceptance of tough emotions.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced thoughts and actions. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and many everyday problems because it teaches specific skills you can practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. This is a collaborative process that focuses on what you want to change and what feels manageable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video sessions work well for deeper conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, and getting short-term support between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English