- Years in practice
- 32
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Carter is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with 32 years of experience. She focuses on practical, everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and depression. Her approach is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people take manageable steps toward feeling better.
She creates a calm space where people can talk about what matters without fear of judgment. Sessions emphasize listening first, then working together on clear goals.
Background and approach
Elizabeth uses straightforward tools to help with coping, mood, and day-to-day parenting strain. Her background includes long-term clinical work across a range of concerns, including trauma, addictions, ADHD, grief, and caregiving stress. That experience helps her recognize patterns that get in the way of change and offer simple strategies to address them.
She also supports people facing life transitions and career or relationship stress. Elizabeth draws on several approaches to fit each person’s needs, such as acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-focused thinking, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. She adapts the mix depending on what a person wants to work on and how they respond in sessions.
People who choose her often want clear, usable steps and an honest listener who keeps the focus practical. She encourages small experiments between sessions so progress becomes part of daily life. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Elizabeth aims to make that step easier to take.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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.
Therapy approaches and flexible online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on identifying what matters most to a person and taking concrete steps toward those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and making life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for depression, anxiety, sleep and eating concerns, and managing mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with each person to pick or blend methods based on goals, preferences, and what proves most helpful in sessions. That means therapy can shift over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different rhythms of life. Video is useful when visual connection helps the work. Phone can be a quicker check-in and uses less data. Live chat and messaging suit short updates, homework notes, or support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier for people balancing work, parenting, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Elizabeth works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, addictions, grief, and caregiving strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She offers a direct and compassionate style that emphasizes listening, clear goals, and practical steps people can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 32 years of professional work experience in clinical settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices as an LMHC based in Florida and holds the Florida LMHC credential.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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