Works with
How Elizabeth works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Barthol is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and anger. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Her goal is to help people take the first steps toward change and greater well-being. Elizabeth adapts conversations and plans to fit each person's situation. She helps people work through grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to intimacy and motivation.
Background and approach
She also supports those facing ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue from caregiving roles. Her practice includes help with adoption and foster care questions, autism and Asperger Syndrome related challenges, and blended family dynamics. She addresses communication problems, control struggles, and the complex feelings that come with divorce or separation.
Elizabeth also provides guidance around gender dysphoria, LGBT-related concerns, HIV/AIDS related stress, and forgiveness or guilt issues. She pays attention to impulsivity and co-morbid conditions that complicate recovery. She works with parenting challenges and caregiver stress in straightforward, doable steps.
Sessions are tailored to what each person needs most. Elizabeth aims to support people in building skills they can use outside sessions. She encourages realistic goals, gradual change, and clearer communication with the people in their lives.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elizabeth's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Elizabeth draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life skills and emotional regulation. One approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety through step-by-step practice and tracking progress; this helps with everyday worry and moments of overwhelm.Another common emphasis is on interpersonal and communication work that helps people handle conflict, intimacy-related concerns, and control issues. These methods teach clearer ways to express feelings and set boundaries so relationships feel more manageable.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust what’s working. Together they decide which techniques fit the client’s needs and preferences over time.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit different routines. Video is useful for fuller conversations and visual cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports brief check-ins or written reflection. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, shorter or longer sessions, and ongoing contact between meetings.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Areas include stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and anger. Additional focuses cover trauma, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and LGBT-related issues.
What is the therapy style like?
The approach is straightforward and tailored to each person. Conversations focus on practical steps, clearer communication, and skills to use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
The clinician has ten years of professional work experience. That experience includes supporting people through grief, trauma, and caregiver stress.
What are the credentials and where is the therapist located?
The therapist holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential, noted as LPC, and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only. International clients are not currently accepted.
How can I meet with this therapist online?
Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow for shorter check-ins or full counseling conversations depending on needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
What steps start the process of working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.