Meet Elizabeth.

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a graduate of Barry University’s dual track program in Mental Health Counseling as well as Marriage and Family Therapy (Miami Shores, Florida). She also completed 3 semesters of Barry University’s Doctoral Program in Counseling, Supervision and Counselor Education. She studied and trained under some of Counseling’s most respected practitioners. 

Elizabeth’s professional experience includes positions as a lead facilitator with the Children’s Bereavement Center of Miami, a therapeutic internship in Aventura Hospital’s Behavioral Health unit, and as a private practitioner in a group private practice in Aventura, Florida. Elizabeth has just returned to her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania after living in Aventura, Florida for 14 years. 

Elizabeth’s Approach

Elizabeth’s approach to therapy and counseling tackles problems directly, right from the first session. She believes in getting straight to the point as quickly as possible in order to offer some immediate relief to her clients and the problems that led them to therapy. She does not spend multiple sessions filling out paper work and gathering information about her clients’ past. Paperwork is completed by the client prior to the first session. She taps into client histories when necessary, over time.  

Elizabeth views all people and things as relational. She bases her therapeutic lens on the premise that our relationships are mirror reflections of ourselves. So what are your relationships saying about you?

Elizabeth takes the position that more often than not, our emotional reactivity to stressful events and relationships cloud our judgment, and make it impossible to think clearly about how to manage our lives. When we are unable to manage our lives, our relationships inevitably suffer. 

Elizabeth sees all of us as part of a relationship of some kind. None of us live in complete isolation. Therefore, our relationships are constantly influencing our behavior, thoughts and lives in multiple ways. In therapy, Elizabeth helps clients develop a stronger relationship with themselves and others. She teaches clients how to effectively manage relationship stressors, by examining relational boundaries and emotional reactivity. Thereby, clients create emotionally stable, intimate relationships that operate at the highest level of functionality possible.