Elizabeth Anne Perry
Helping people shift patterns into practical change
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Anne Perry is a licensed clinical social worker who uses clear, practical methods to help people change unhelpful patterns. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a focused, straightforward style to sessions. Elizabeth listens for what gets in the way of day-to-day life and works with clients to build workable steps forward.
She often applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and shift thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood.
Background and approach
She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help manage intense emotions and Solution-Focused techniques to set short-term goals. These approaches are used to address concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, addiction-related issues, grief, and relationship strain. Elizabeth has specialized work with codependency and the effects of supporting someone with addiction or mental illness.
She helps people see how old patterns from childhood or past relationships show up now. That awareness becomes the starting point for change. In sessions she breaks down larger problems into small, practical actions clients can try between meetings.
She supports people coping with life changes, chronic health challenges, and persistent mood difficulties by teaching concrete skills and tracking progress. Elizabeth practices in New Jersey as an LCSW - licensed clinical social worker - and conducts sessions in English. Her style is direct but compassionate, aiming to move clients toward clearer choices and healthier routines.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Elizabeth commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to ease symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills to manage intense feelings and improve day-to-day functioning.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy when clients want brief, goal-oriented work. That method narrows attention to what a person wants to change and builds small, practical steps toward that goal. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process; the therapist will talk with the client about goals and try methods that fit their needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. These options let clients continue work between appointments and use skills when problems occur. The variety of formats supports flexibility and helps clients access consistent care from New Jersey-based licensed professionals.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
Next step
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