- Years in practice
- 40
- Credentials
- LCP
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Grief
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Mansel is a licensed clinical professional (LCP) with four decades of experience helping people manage painful emotions and life changes. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addiction. Parents looking for guidance around parenting concerns will find clear, steady help grounded in long experience.
She approaches work in a warm, collaborative way. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented. She listens closely, helps people spot unhelpful patterns, and suggests small, doable steps to change daily routines and reactions.
Background and approach
Her background includes extensive practice with workplace stress, codependency, panic, and substance-related issues. That experience shapes a flexible style that adapts to each person’s situation. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work without using jargon.
Elizabeth gives extra attention to transitions such as midlife changes and the emotional strain of caregiving and compassion fatigue. She helps people break problems into manageable parts and build routines that support recovery and resilience. Conversations include practical tools for coping, communication strategies, and ways to rebuild confidence after setbacks.
The aim is to leave people with concrete skills they can use between sessions. Scheduling is handled online through the platform’s matching and booking process.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Codependency
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Evidence-based approaches and how they work online
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and concrete change. One common approach centers on symptom-focused strategies that teach people ways to manage anxiety and panic attacks through breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations. These methods aim to reduce immediate distress and build confidence in handling symptoms.Another common technique emphasizes behavioral changes and routine building to address depression, workplace stress, and substance-related patterns. That work includes planning small activities, adjusting daily routines, and tracking progress to restore energy and motivation. These practical steps help people see measurable improvement over time.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they decide which strategies to try and adjust the plan as needed to fit changing needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when more nuance is helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around busy schedules.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship problems, parenting concerns, anger, low self-esteem, career strain, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on practical steps and learning skills that can be used between appointments.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience to her practice, which informs her approach to complex emotional and life transitions.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is listed as LCP and practices from Kansas, using that credential as part of her professional identification.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are paid through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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