About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Barthol is a licensed professional counselor with 10 years of clinical experience in Michigan. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and issues around self-esteem and motivation. Elizabeth aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
She works with people navigating LGBT-related concerns and gender dysphoria, as well as those managing grief, trauma, or compassion fatigue. Elizabeth also supports people facing parenting stresses, adoption and foster care challenges, and blended family issues.
Background and approach
Her practice addresses a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns such as bipolar symptoms, ADHD-related struggles, anger, impulsivity, and communication problems. Elizabeth adapts sessions to meet each client’s needs. She collaborates on a plan that fits personal goals and daily life.
Conversations are practical and focused on steps a person can take between meetings. Her background includes a decade of work in varied clinical settings across Michigan. That experience informs how she tailors support for complex issues like co-morbidity, domestic violence history, HIV/AIDS related concerns, and caregiver stress.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide treatment planning. Clients can expect a straightforward, empathetic approach that emphasizes empowerment and problem solving. Elizabeth encourages people to take small, manageable steps toward change and to build on progress over time.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical steps and measurable change. One common approach centers on identifying unhelpful behavior patterns and replacing them with healthier routines; this can help with anxiety, impulsivity, and mood regulation. Another approach emphasizes building coping skills and problem-solving strategies people can use during stressful moments, useful for stress, caregiver fatigue, and parenting strain.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth works with clients to decide which techniques match their goals, needs, and daily life. She reviews progress and adjusts the plan so therapy stays practical and relevant to each person’s situation.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is needed. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts in writing and fit short check-ins into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English