- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Sharma is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 20 years of experience. She focuses on family concerns, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, anger, and self-esteem. Elizabeth aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive for worried parents.
She uses straightforward conversation to identify what is most pressing in a family's life. Sessions focus on practical steps parents can try between meetings. Elizabeth listens for patterns that affect daily routines, communication, and emotional responses.
Background and approach
She helps parents plan small, achievable changes that can reduce stress at home. Her background includes long-term work with people recovering from trauma, survivors of sexual assault, and those coping with abandonment or adoption and foster care issues. She draws on experience with mood disorders, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress to shape realistic coping strategies.
Elizabeth pays attention to how attachment, communication, and family roles affect relationships. She supports people working through guilt, shame, and parenting strain with clear tools and steady guidance. Appointments are tailored to each person’s needs and adjusted as progress is made.
She offers sessions in English and provides care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, visitors use the Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-world coping and relationship repair. One common approach emphasizes understanding how past attachment and family patterns affect current behavior; it helps parents recognize triggers and respond differently to reduce conflict. Another approach centers on skills for managing intense emotions and anxiety, offering concrete strategies to lower panic and improve mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they try methods that fit the person’s situation and adjust them over time based on what works.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls are useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging allow quick check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and written reflections that some people find helpful. These options help parents fit sessions around school, work, and caregiving demands.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does Elizabeth commonly work with?
She focuses on family issues, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Additional areas include attachment, communication problems, and young adult issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and conversational, with an emphasis on identifying small, doable steps parents can try between sessions. She adapts the dialogue and plan to match each person’s needs.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 20 years of professional experience working with people impacted by trauma, family conflict, and mood concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in California and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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