About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Phelan is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Connecticut. She brings over 31 years of experience working in school settings and independent practice. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and relationship or parenting struggles.
Elizabeth aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She has a long history helping adolescents and young adults as well as people facing life transitions. Sessions are adapted to the person's needs and goals, with a clear plan developed together.
Background and approach
That plan may address coping skills, communication, or strategies to manage attention and mood challenges. Elizabeth has worked with people dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and issues around identity and intimacy. She also supports those navigating career decisions, eating concerns, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue.
Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, autism spectrum concerns, immigration and multicultural challenges, and seasonal mood shifts. Her approach is practical and collaborative. People can expect straightforward conversation, problem-solving, and skill-building tailored to their situation.
Elizabeth emphasizes steady progress over time and adjusts the work as needs change. Her experience in both schools and independent practice informs a flexible style that fits families, parents, and young adults seeking clear, usable tools. She welcomes people who want thoughtful support while they work toward better daily coping and healthier relationships.
Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in clear, practical ways. One approach focuses on building coping skills and routines to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings, teaching strategies people can use between sessions. Another approach centers on communication and problem-solving skills to improve relationships and parenting challenges, with practice and feedback during sessions.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 before. Together they will try approaches that fit the situation and adjust the plan over time based on how things progress.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter reflections, and text-based work can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions while balancing school, work, and family life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 31 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English