Elizabeth Lachendro, LMHC

Elizabeth Lachendro is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience in mental health and substance use care. She practices in Florida and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, and trauma. Her work also includes relationship concerns, grief, self-esteem, anger, and identity-related issues.

Lachendro uses a client-centered way of working, starting with empathic listening to learn what matters most to each person. She combines practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with mindfulness and acceptance strategies to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Motivational approaches are used when someone is unsure about change, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy can support emotion regulation skills.

Sessions begin by setting short- and longer-term goals together. She helps people break goals into small, doable steps and checks progress along the way. The pace is adjusted based on each person’s needs and life demands.

Her background includes long-term work in family and relationship counseling and care for substance use concerns. That experience shapes how she handles complex situations that involve grief, codependency, communication problems, or blended family stress.

People who reach out often want clear coping strategies and a calm space to sort through their priorities. Lachendro works to make therapy practical and focused on improving day-to-day functioning, whether the issues are related to work, parenting, aging, or major life transitions.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take action toward them, even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings arise. It can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns for issues like depression and anxiety. Mindfulness-based techniques train attention and awareness to reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try first based on goals and daily life. Adjustments are made over time if something isn’t helpful, so the plan evolves together.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows people to use mindfulness exercises and homework between meetings to keep progress moving. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness practices to remote sessions so the focus stays on practical skills and real-life problem solving.