About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Syder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and the strain of life transitions. She also addresses compassion fatigue and related burnout concerns.
Elizabeth favors practical tools that people can use between sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses.
Background and approach
Sessions are geared toward small, doable steps that build confidence and reduce distress. She also pays attention to deeper life patterns that shape how people relate to themselves and others. Psychodynamic ideas help her and the client look at family of origin issues, guilt, shame, and identity concerns that can underlie current struggles.
That mix lets work be both symptom-focused and meaning-focused. Elizabeth has seven years of experience in clinical settings and uses that background to adapt tools to each person's needs. She speaks English and Spanish, which can help when cultural or immigration issues are part of the story.
She encourages clients to treat therapy as a partnership and to set goals that feel realistic for their lives. Her approach is respectful and straightforward. She helps people notice choices available in the present, practice new skills, and make steady changes toward a life that feels more manageable and connected.
Using CBT, ACT, and Mindfulness in Online Sessions
Elizabeth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors that reduce anxiety and depression. CBT sessions often focus on short experiments, thought records, and step-by-step behavior changes that can be practiced between meetings.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and clarify what matters most in life. That approach can be useful for stress, avoidance, and values-driven decision making. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and build awareness, which supports coping during panic, social anxiety, and overwhelming stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist works together with each person to choose strategies that fit their goals, culture, and daily routine. Plans get adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for full sessions and skills practice, phone can work for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, notes, or skill prompts between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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