Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
How Elizabeth works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 40
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Huntoon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with four decades of clinical experience. She blends a practical, person-focused style with clear steps people can use right away. Elizabeth works with concerns like anxiety, depression, anger, grief, and relationship strain.
She uses approaches that center the person in therapy and also brings in tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Sessions are straightforward. Conversations look at what is happening now and what small changes could make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Elizabeth has long experience helping people with challenging life events. That includes work-related stress, caregiving strain, immigration and cultural adjustment, infertility and adoption-related concerns, and end-of-life matters. She also supports people managing mood disorders, addiction concerns, and patterns of loneliness or isolation.
Her style is warm and empathic. She aims to meet people where they are and help them set realistic goals. Practical strategies are paired with attention to feelings and personal meaning.
Clients can expect clear guidance and tools to practice between sessions. Elizabeth frames change as a gradual process and helps people build skills that fit their daily routines. Her long career in Massachusetts shapes a grounded, experienced approach to common and complex struggles.
Sessions are offered in English and provided through a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. People who want to begin simply follow the site's matching and scheduling steps to arrange the first meeting.
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
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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 that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience and goals. It helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around what matters most to them, which can be especially useful when working through anger, relationship strain, or grief.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence mood and stress. It uses clear, practical exercises and homework to teach skills for managing anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep or eating difficulties.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation. These techniques pair well with other approaches and help people manage everyday stressors and strong feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to address. That choice can shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and mirrors in-person interaction, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging allows ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different formats to see what works best.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What kinds of concerns does Elizabeth address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related life challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is client-centered and practical, using cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to help people change unhelpful patterns while honoring emotions and personal meaning.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with 40 years of clinical experience working in Massachusetts settings and with a wide range of life and mental health concerns.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
Elizabeth is licensed in Massachusetts and holds the LICSW credential. Sessions are offered from her Massachusetts practice.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are provided in English and she does not take international clients at this time.
What session formats are used for online work?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time according to the site's terms.
How do I begin working with Elizabeth?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's available times.