Elizabeth Allen, LSCSW, LCSW

Elizabeth Allen is a licensed social worker with 25 years of experience supporting people through major life changes. She holds KS LSCSW and MO LCSW credentials and practices in Missouri. Elizabeth focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the ups and downs that come with changing roles and responsibilities.

She creates a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about hard feelings. Sessions emphasize clear listening and practical steps that fit into daily life. Elizabeth helps people sort through relationship struggles, grief, and challenges linked to trauma and abuse.

Her background includes long-term work with mood disorders, including bipolar disorder, and concerns like addiction and compassion fatigue. She also supports those coping with caregiving strain, chronic illness, body image worries, and work-related stress. Clients looking for help with parenting, sleep, or eating issues can bring those topics into sessions.

Elizabeth uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to each person. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Together with the client, she sets small, realistic goals and checks progress over time.

Starting therapy is framed as a team effort. Elizabeth aims to help people find clearer priorities, better coping habits, and more satisfying daily routines. She encourages practical steps alongside personal reflection to support steady change.

How client-centered and CBT approaches work online

Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding each person's experience and following their priorities in sessions. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people name what matters most so they can set manageable goals.

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify patterns of thinking that lead to distress and then tests practical changes in behavior. It is often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns, and for day-to-day coping with stress and mood swings.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Elizabeth will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and needs. That process can change over time as progress is made and priorities shift.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, since specific formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when a full session is not needed. Some people find video helpful for more depth, while phone or audio-only meetings can be easier when bandwidth or a brief work break is a factor.