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Elisabeth Spear, LCSW

Stress, Anxiety Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes
Video Phone Messaging

About me

I am a licensed clinician with over 20 years of experience working with multiple treatment modalities to assist both people in crisis and people seeking to improve self esteem, evaluate all types of relationships and life goals or make major life changes. I am very practical in terms of helping you to make changes and transitions in your life. My viewpoint is one of working with a person and also what surrounds that person - family, community, workplace and social life. I am also caring, warm, and open professionally to spiritual and alternative methods such as mindfulness and meditation.

I am open to both video and phone sessions but not to chat or text sessions as I believe it is easy to misinterpret emotions and levels of concerns you may express via text and chat. Finding a therapist that you trust and connect with is a challenging task, it is important to me to offer the best of myself when we are working together.

Over the past twenty years I have worked with people experiencing chronic and terminal illness, mental heath crisis, homelessness, PTSD, consequences of aging, and disability. I have also worked with people wanting to improve self esteem, work through family and relationship issues, and also the many internal conflicts experienced throughout the stages of life as beliefs, needs and goals change over time. I am comfortable working with LGBTQ clients and also with clients in alternative lifestyles such as polyamory, swinging and BDSM. My goal is for each client to have a space to discuss choices and needs openly in a caring and professional relationship.
For all the clients who have posted reviews - I am so grateful you are a part of my life, and thank you so much for your kindness!

Professional experience

23 yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety Self esteem, Motivation Depression Coping with life changes

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Intimacy-related issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Gender dysphoria, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Mood disorders, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Young adult issues

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Existential Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Messaging

License information

FL LCSW SW 7384

UT LCSW 12939190-3501

Reviews

These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Elisabeth Spear. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.

I am growing with Elisabeth and I feel.heard and I feel like i can hear myself own voice and my own gut more instead of relying on others to build me up. Now I feel i can love others and reciece love as it's given but that I'm worth something. That there's no more force to be perfect i can just grow with this substantial peace and calm im gaining for the first time and quickly she gets a lot done in one session where I feel heard and I feel I can see quickly a new belief system where I have a sense of worth!

Written on May 26, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fati

I enjoy her as a therapist.

Written on May 01, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 10 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues

Best therapist I’ve had! I trust Elisabeth’s opinion and advice, she’s amazing.

Written on Apr 23, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and anger management

Shes the best!

Written on Apr 06, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 2 years and 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and adhd

Had a great first session with Elisabeth. She really listened and took notes on what I was saying even if I didn’t realize I was saying it, lol
She was great and I felt very comfortable

Written on Jan 23, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, and compassion fatigue

Wonderful person.

Written on Jan 10, 2025 after therapy with Elisabeth for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd