Elizabeth Underwood, LMHC

Elizabeth Underwood is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief, trouble sleeping, and anger. Her work also addresses career concerns, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.

She uses straightforward conversation and listening to learn what is most pressing for each person. Elizabeth favors approaches that let people talk about their experiences and test out practical steps. Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and small changes that can reduce tension and improve day-to-day functioning.

Her clinical toolkit includes client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods. These approaches help people reframe habits, recognize unhelpful thinking patterns, and build motivation to change. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where the person’s priorities guide the plan.

Elizabeth aims to make sessions a place to sort through strong feelings without judgment. She listens for patterns in relationships, behavior, and thinking that keep problems going. From there she introduces techniques to reduce reactivity, manage stress, and restore a sense of control.

People who come for anger concerns often leave with more options for responding under pressure. Other clients work on sleep, grief, substance-related struggles, or rebuilding confidence after trauma. The emphasis is on practical skills and steady progress, not quick fixes.

How her approaches work in online sessions