About Lita
Lita Ellsworth is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of hands-on experience. She holds a Florida LCSW and works in New Jersey as an LCSW. She focuses on grief, loss, and trauma while also helping people manage stress and anxiety.
She spends sessions listening first, then helping people find steps that feel doable. Conversations cover practical coping skills for anxiety and ways to rebuild confidence after loss or relationship strain.
Background and approach
She also addresses career stress and motivation when work becomes overwhelming. Her style is respectful and compassionate. She aims to create clear, simple plans rather than long lists of tasks.
For people struggling with low mood or bipolar challenges, she offers steady, consistent support focused on day-to-day progress. Lita also works with issues like infidelity, jealousy, and paranoia within relationships. She helps people talk through painful events and decide what they want next.
The approach emphasizes small changes that make daily life feel more manageable. Deciding to start therapy is framed as a significant step. Lita invites people to take that step and continue the journey together.
Her goal is to help clients feel more capable of handling life’s changes and stresses.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Many clients benefit from straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on symptoms and daily coping. One approach focuses on grounding and practical coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress day to day; it teaches concrete steps to interrupt worry and calm the body. Another approach targets processing grief and trauma through paced conversations and stabilizing strategies so painful memories feel less overwhelming and daily routines become manageable again.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods over time. That collaborative planning helps match the tools to each person’s needs rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or when someone needs a quieter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, progress notes, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping continuity of care with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
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Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Paranoia
- Relationship issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Florida
- Languages
- English