- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment work
- CBT and DBT skills
About Elisabeth
Elisabeth Spear is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience working in Florida. She is credentialed as an LICSW and an LCSW and spends her time helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports people facing changes in life, addiction concerns, and questions about intimacy and identity.
Elisabeth often works with issues tied to attachment and relationships. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy as one of her main approaches and also draws on attachment-based perspectives. In sessions she talks through patterns of feeling and connection, and looks at how past relationships shape present choices.
Her work includes attention to a wide range of concerns such as anger, bipolar-related challenges, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and family of origin issues. She also addresses more specific topics like body image, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink. Gender dysphoria and LGBT-related concerns are within her stated focus areas.
Elisabeth combines client-centered ways of listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when useful. She tends to keep explanations direct and concrete, helping people name emotions and try different responses in everyday life.
People who choose her often want to understand emotional patterns and find clearer ways to communicate. To get started she asks clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online options button.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Elisabeth works from Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment-based ideas. EFT focuses on identifying and reorganizing emotional responses that keep people stuck, which can help when patterns of feeling drive repeated problems. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and can help when trust, closeness, or distance are recurring issues.She also uses client-centered skills, which means listening carefully and following what the client brings to sessions. Deciding which approach to emphasize is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will review needs, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods as they go.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking, since the biography does not list formats explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also means people can join sessions from different locations when schedules require flexibility. Licensed professionals and therapists commonly adapt exercises and CBT or DBT skills to work over distance, and Elisabeth will help choose practical ways to practice tools between sessions.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Utah, Florida, Alabama
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem issues, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and many attachment and identity questions.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered methods, with practical CBT and DBT skills added when helpful.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience as a practicing clinician in social work settings and private practice work in Florida.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds the credentials LICSW and LCSW and practices in Florida under the listings AL LICSW, FL LCSW SW.
In what language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.