Elizabeth Malchow, LCSW

Elizabeth Malchow is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of clinical experience. She earned a Master Degree in Social Work with an emphasis in mental health in 2018. Liz brings a warm and reflective presence to sessions and aims to treat people with respect and compassion.

She focuses on practical skills alongside personal reflection. Sessions often include mindfulness exercises and creative activities that help people notice patterns and feel more grounded. She uses clear techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches while also attending to personal history and attachment needs.

Many people come to her for help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. She also works with parenting strain, career questions, bipolar mood concerns, and life changes such as divorce and loss. Additional focus areas listed include attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic health challenges, body image, and codependency.

Liz describes her style as kind and thoughtful. She tailors the plan to each person's needs and mixes skill-building with opportunities to reflect on past experiences. Sessions aim to leave people with tools they can use between visits.

She practices in Wisconsin and conducts work in English. If someone is considering therapy for a midlife transition or other major life change, she offers a collaborative space to talk through next steps and build practical coping strategies.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how early bonds affect present behavior. It can be useful for addressing relationship struggles, abandonment worries, and attachment issues.

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and letting the person lead the conversation. This approach helps people feel heard while they sort out values, self-esteem, and life direction.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It often includes short exercises and homework that people use between meetings to handle anxiety, depression, and stress.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust the plan over time.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports using exercises or creative activities between meetings so tools learned in sessions can be applied in day-to-day routines.