Elizabeth Lachendro, LMHC

Elizabeth Lachendro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience in mental health, relationship concerns, and substance use matters. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She also supports those facing trauma, grief, self-esteem struggles, and intimacy-related questions.

She uses a client-centered style and listens carefully to each person’s story. Sessions emphasize practical steps and clear goals. Elizabeth works with clients to build short-term plans while keeping long-term change in view.

Her background includes work with relationship and family issues and with people processing identity and sexual concerns. She blends approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when appropriate. These tools help with emotions, behavior patterns, and day-to-day coping.

In a typical session she will talk through what matters most to the client and suggest concrete practices to try between meetings. That might include behavior experiments, mindfulness exercises, or ways to change unhelpful thinking. Progress is measured in steps that the client and therapist agree on together.

Elizabeth aims to help people move beyond symptom relief toward a steadier sense of wellbeing and better relationships. She encourages collaboration, honest conversation, and realistic plans that fit a person’s life and values.

How key approaches shape online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action toward them. It helps people manage anxiety, depression, and persistent worries by teaching practical skills to move forward even when thoughts or feelings are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses practical exercises to change patterns that cause distress. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and behavior change. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and build calm. It supports stress management and coping with overwhelming emotions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily life. She blends techniques as needed and reviews progress together so the plan can change when something isn’t helping.

The original profile does not specify which online session formats are used, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten time spent traveling, and allow check-ins during breaks or after work. They also let people try exercises and homework in the environment where problems occur, which can speed up learning and make change feel more practical.