- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Brennan is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with eight years of clinical experience. She brings a steady, patient presence to sessions and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, mood struggles, and trauma. Elizabeth writes plainly and listens carefully, aiming to help clients feel understood and more able to make changes they choose.
She has a background in public mental health and worked across direct care, assessment, case management, and therapy.
Background and approach
That range informs a practical approach - she draws on tools that fit daily life and individual needs. Creative expression is part of her outlook; she often encourages clients to explore nonverbal ways to process feelings. Elizabeth uses client-centered methods to prioritize each person’s goals, and she integrates cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also incorporates mindfulness and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and stress tolerance are priorities. For people who have trauma histories, she can include EMDR-informed ideas as one option among others to reduce distress tied to past events. She works with addictions, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem, and related concerns with a flexible, strengths-focused stance.
Outside of the therapy room she makes pottery and watercolor art, gardens, ferments foods, and enjoys travel. Those creative interests influence her therapeutic style, inviting exploration of different ways to understand and express hard emotions.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elizabeth helps people with.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online support and practical skills
Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and goals. In sessions the therapist listens without judgment and helps clients name priorities and make decisions that fit their life. This approach can help with motivation and feeling more confident in change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and functioning. It uses concrete exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.
Elizabeth also uses mindfulness techniques to help people stay grounded when emotions run high. These practices teach simple ways to notice sensations, calm the nervous system, and create space before reacting.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let clients share thoughts in writing and fit sessions into busy days. These formats make it easier to use therapy around parenting, work, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What issues does Elizabeth commonly address?
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, grief, addiction, self-esteem challenges, and parenting concerns. Additional focuses include body image, chronic pain, and neurodiversity-related needs.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and plainspoken, combining client-centered listening with practical tools. She emphasizes creativity and real-world skills to help people manage emotions and daily challenges.
What is her clinical background?
She has eight years of experience in public mental health, including direct care, assessment, case management, and therapy work. That variety shapes a broad, experience-based perspective.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LMSW credential and practices from Michigan. Sessions are offered to clients within the regions she serves.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people choose what fits their schedule and communication preferences.
How is payment handled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on those factors.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability. The process helps match goals and logistics before sessions begin.
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