Elizabeth is the founder and Director of A Better Life Therapy. She specializes in couples counseling, particularly with busy couples who are facing varying stressors. Elizabeth is a Certified Gottman Couples Therapist and is trained in postpartum support, stress management, and trauma. She is the author of I Want This To Work and ‘Til Stress Do Us Part as well as The Couples Therapy Flip Chart. Elizabeth is often featured in The New York Times and other major publications.

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“We go through life determined to find or create our own path, all the while not realizing that we do not always have to walk it alone.”

Everyone deserves the opportunity to engage with people, places, experiences, and beliefs that help to cultivate and maintain their sense of happiness and peace. Sometimes we just need a little help finding those things along the way. Though we often think the road we walk is one we must walk alone, my role is to challenge this notion by fostering a safe and supportive environment, founded upon empathy, patience, kindness, and respect, in which you can be your true, authentic self and openly share your story. Though I know our work together will be one small piece of your larger journey, my hope is that we can utilize our time together to identify and strengthen your connection to the people, experiences, strengths, and motivations that give life meaning and help to keep you moving forward.

Though much of my therapeutic approach is integrative, drawing primarily on the humanist and person-centered aspects of Adlerian and Rogerian therapies, I am also drawn to attachment-based approaches, as well as interventions informed by attachment therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. However, I also believe in exercising a willingness to learn, and am motivated to continuously build upon my knowledge of evidence-based clinical approaches in order to best meet you where you are and support your needs and goals.

In our time together, I ask to humbly walk beside you as we explore the stories, thoughts, dreams, feelings, and experiences that make you who you are, seeking to offer my steadfast acceptance and support every step of the way. Together, I believe that we can collaboratively identify any goals or ambitions you may have for your life and take steps towards empowering you to enact the change that you wish to see. Though day-to-day stress, relationship problems, trauma, loss, or other adverse experiences can make the path that we call life difficult to walk, it is my firm belief that no one must do it alone.

I am currently a student at Villanova University pursuing my master’s in science in clinical mental health counseling.

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“Our view of who we are is often clouded by who the world demands we be.”

A successful life to me means feeling fulfilled, balanced, and enough. At times, finding success can feel impossible. My training and personal passion for helping others find their footing makes me an ideal therapist for those looking to readjust their approach to success. Clients appreciate that my approach includes a healthy dose of encouragement and reality, emotional validation and logic. It is vital to the process to keep a realistic focus on a client’s existing strengths and build from there. Whether you are needing extra support with relationships, stress management, self-esteem, identity, or grappling with the weight of a diagnosis, I will work with you to find and execute strategies that work in harmony to help you practice progress, not perfection.

Our view of who we are is often clouded by who the world demands we be. My therapeutic approach is holistic, educational, challenging and tailored to your individual or couple goals. Using strengths-based, solution-focused, trauma-informed, and mindfulness interventions, we will work together to help you rediscover and step back into your true, authentic self.

My favorite part of this work is encouraging excitement about the value that therapy can provide to every individual or couple’s well-being and to be a trusted guide toward the life you desire and deserve. I look forward to meeting you!

Who I work with:

I work with college age adults, adult individuals and couples who are disrupted by anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, complex trauma, relationship struggles or general life transitions.

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“I believe that therapy is a collaborative journey where your voice matters.”

My therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that everyone has the strength and resilience to navigate life’s ups and downs. I strive to create a safe and nurturing space where you can explore your thoughts and feelings without judgment. By drawing on evidence-based practices and a deep understanding of human emotions, I work collaboratively with you to uncover your inner resources and foster meaningful change.

My approach to individual therapy includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS). When working with couples and families, I seek to use a variety of research-based approaches, such as the Gottman Method, Satir Method, and Bowenian therapy.

Incorporating my current training as well as my past experience, I am interested in helping you improve relationships with family and friends, your inner self, and those who you interact with regularly, such as co-workers and bosses.

I believe that therapy is a collaborative journey where your voice matters. My role is to listen deeply, offer insights, and empower you to find your own path forward. Together, we will explore your concerns, celebrate your strengths, and work towards achieving your goals.

I am currently pursuing a Master of Arts in marriage and family therapy at ACU.

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“I believe in the power of therapeutic experiences built through trust, acceptance, and non-judgment.”

I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in Family Therapy at Drexel University.

I believe an integrative approach to therapy allows for the most adaptive and versatile treatment for individualized clients. However, I am drawn specifically toward attachment-based, emotionally focused, and humanistic approaches in therapy. While my approach is also dependent on the client’s unique goals of therapy, I generally strive to increase a family’s/couple’s/individual’s connection with and awareness of their emotions and needs.

I believe in the power of therapeutic experiences built through trust, acceptance, and non-judgment. Therapy is a place where we can share our deepest vulnerabilities and discover our greatest strengths. I strive to honor these journeys with clients and create a judgment-free, safe environment where I come with open curiosity to understand and explore likely challenging questions and topics with clients at their own pace.

I am specifically interested in families who are learning how to navigate intergenerational trauma and how it might affect their relationships. I’d like to help families learn how to move past certain cultural and generational differences and explore the strengths that are born out of these challenges.

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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

For 14 years, I’ve worked with individuals, couples, and families that have a history of struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction and substance abuse, infidelity, relationships, and major life transitions. As a trauma-informed therapist, when we work together, the hope is to learn and re-discover your innate ability to create what you want despite the cards life sometimes deals us.

I often approach my clients from a holistic perspective as I have found it difficult for many to define health other than to say it is “feeling good physically, mentally, and emotionally”. However, it is important to acknowledge that our bodies, minds, and emotions constantly process our changing experiences. How we handle these changes on all levels determines how healthy we are and can become.

Utilizing a variety of techniques (including Gottman Method Couples therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, stress management, increasing self-worth, inner child work, mind/body connection, 12 step work, mood management, anxiety reduction, empowerment, and work/life balance, etc.) we will work towards establishing adaptive skills and understanding to help change your thoughts in a safe space that harbors and promotes emotional intelligence and validation. It takes courage to actively work on yourself and to break away from the statement of “nothing changes, if nothing changes”. It would be my honor and privilege to join you as you undertake the next step to achieving a peaceful and whole sense of self.

In addition, I am bilingual, fluent in Spanish and English.

My Focus:

I work with adult individuals, adolescent individuals, couples, and families who are looking to overcome challenges with trauma, mood disorders, and life transitions. I use an integrative approach to treatment through a combination of techniques and modalities, including relational psychodynamic, Attachment theory, Cognitive behavioral theory as well as Gottman Therapy approach. However, because I work from a relational perspective, I believe that the most important factor in treatment is the therapeutic relationship between you and me.

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“Change can be difficult but also rewarding.”

Your relationship with yourself is the most important one you have. Building a better relationship with yourself is the work of a lifetime and can start now. I work with individuals, couples and families who feel stuck, worried, angry, or hopeless. I will help you find solutions, build insight into roles within relationships, and discover joy and meaning in your life.

Starting therapy can feel overwhelming. During our time together, you will gain an understanding of connections between your thoughts and behaviors. Increasing your awareness of these patterns will help you build self-esteem and gain perspective. By utilizing your strengths and the new coping skills that you will learn in therapy, we will create an individualized plan to help you face challenges for a more fulfilling life. I will work with you to make the process feel comfortable along the way.

Understanding ourselves and our relationships can lead to clarity and allow change and insight into our lives. Change can be difficult but also rewarding. Before becoming a therapist, I was an architect. My work there helped me to understand how our physical environment can have a profound impact on us. In my current work as a therapist, I find this to be the same; the way our interior life - our sense of self - impacts how we perceive the world. I will help you navigate your world in a way that fosters confidence, healing, and growth.

Who I Work With:

I work with individuals, couples and families experiencing difficulties with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship issues, stress management, trauma, or career and life transitions. I engage with my clients from a strengths-based perspective and take a warm, direct, and individualized approach with each person.

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“Therapy is for everyone. Really. I believe that if we treated going to therapy the same way we treat going to a primary care doctor for a check-up the world would be a happier more well-adjusted place.”

For 16 years, I’ve supported individuals and couples in therapy. As a certified Gottman therapist, I primarily work with couples. I’m also passionate about working with young parents, women experiencing postpartum depression, and people struggling with addiction and substance abuse as well as general anxiety, depression and trauma. Additionally, I provide career counseling to those struggling with professional identity, job transition and/or new graduates starting their careers.

I believe that these are the life experiences where we frequently find ourselves feeling isolated. Being able to give you a space that offers candor, humor and a normalizing approach to your challenges is why I do this work.

The techniques I use are informed by three years of specialized post-graduate training in ESFT – the catchy acronym for Eco-systemic Structural Family Therapy. Although it has a complicated name, this therapeutic approach can be simply explained.

Often, the issues underlying most family problems remain relatively constant and follow recognizable patterns. Once we have identified what they are, I will be able to help your family break negative patterns, enhance your family strengths, and rebuild relationships.

Who I work with:

As a certified Gottman therapist, I primarily work with couples. I’m also passionate about working with young parents, women experiencing postpartum depression, and people struggling with addiction and substance abuse as well as general anxiety, depression and trauma. Additionally, I provide career counseling to those struggling with professional identity, job transition and/or new graduates starting their careers.

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