About Me
Hi and welcome to BetterHelp! Congratulations on taking this big step toward addressing your concerns and wellness. This shows a great deal of strength and motivation. I hope that I will have the pleasure of working with you on this journey toward increased life satisfaction and overall health.
Here's some information about me and my treatment approach: I'm a licensed therapist with over 25 years' experience providing telephonic counseling and case management support. I've worked in many settings in my career, both inpatient and outpatient, in medical and mental health settings as well as in care management programs. My treatment philosophy is built upon my strong listening skills, as I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing techniques with my clients. I've worked with clients of all ages, with a variety of emotional and/or medical concerns, as well as those seeking assistance with substance abuse issues and smoking cessation counseling. I feel that any problem can be addressed if we are provided a safe, trusting and judgment free environment in which to express ourselves.
My philosophy hinges on my belief that you are the expert on yourself. No one can tell you what to do, and in fact doing so could backfire. By offering an empathic discussion, where you are one who is fully able to come to the best solutions for yourself, you will be successful. I have many tips and techniques to offer, and together we can make this work. I look forward to the pleasure of meeting and working with you!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
Addictions , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder , Coaching , Compassion fatigue , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services Offered
Messaging
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Licensing
MA LICSW 1022673
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Elisabeth Steiner-Smith. 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.
After attempting working with a few different therapists, I've found Elisabeth to be easily the best person to work with. She is very insightful and her work ethic and professionalism have helped us make rapid progress. I think she listens very carefully and is never dismissive, and is in general empathetic and has also helped me be more empathetic. I don't have any reservations recommending her in the strongest terms to anyone who finds themself stuck and wants to better themself and be happier.
Elisabeth has been great so far. listens to me with open mine and gives me tasks and homework which are helpful
Elizabeth has been amazing. She is kind, compassionate, and pushes me to think in new ways to open up my world. She shows so much care and is always available to me when I need her. She truly changed the course of my life and I am forever grateful.
It can take a long time to find a therapist that is a good match. I am very relieved to have found Elisabeth. Her sessions are of the highest caliber. She is professional, experienced, thoughtful, intuitive and caring. She listens, gets me, helps me and sends summaries as well as clear next steps to feel better/healthier. I feel very lucky to have her as my therapist.
Thank you!
I just wanted to take some time out and thank you for the time you spent with me and helping me improve my situation. I feel very blessed to have a therapist like you and I appreciate you patient and kind you were to me! So Thanks for being so awesome! :D.
Elisabeth has helped me on two separate occasions. Wonderful listener and extremely helpful. Can’t thank her enough.
Elisabeth is one of the most patient people I have ever met. She is very helpful and supportive due to her ability to empathize and take the necessary time to guide you on a path toward joy and fulfillment in your life.
Elisabeth has been a very important constant in my life in the past year. I have made so much progress to better my life with her help.
She's amazing and deserves a raise!
Elisabeth has a kind and caring demeanor. She is responsive to my communication and always have a nice perspective.
Elisabeth is so kind, patient, and understanding. She has helped me tremendously in my anxiety and depression. She is extremely thoughtful and accommodating and I truly can't say enough wonderful things about her!!!
Very easy to talk to. There is no judgement.
I can’t say enough how lucky I am to have been paired with Elisabeth. She is empathetic, a great listener, and helps me realize when I’m getting in my own way. Very glad to have her!
Elisabeth listens very well and can pinpoint my root issues through my own talking. She is patient and responds really well.
Elisabeth is a warm supportive presence every time we meet. Not only does she listen thoughtfully as I share but she provides applicable, helpful adjustments to the way I approach my problems and thoughts, and always suggests more than one solution. She sends blog-like messages every week on topics such as procrastination, self-care, sleep, and other issues you may be dealing with. She also provides you with "worksheets" that you can complete on your own time that target specific CBT skills to aide in the process of re-wiring your thought patterns. She is flexible with her schedule and really makes you feel like all the matters is what you are getting out of each session and your work together. I would recommend her to anyone struggling with generalized anxiety or any other patterns of negative thinking.
Elisabeth is absolutely wonderful. She is compassionate and wise. She quickly helped me get to the bottom of the issues that were bothering me and gave me the tools to deal with my own anxieties, which I’m sure I’ll use again and again. She was responsive and helpful when unexpected events occurred (loss of a family member, illness, etc) and I felt so much more in control of my life just knowing that she was a text message away when I needed her.
I’ve worked with Elisabeth for a full year. She is a gifted social worker. She is kind, insightful and helps me manage during this very challenging time.
Elisabeth is wonderful—she’s both a good listener and very knowledgeable about techniques to reduce anxiety and stress and find the root of negative thoughts. She’s also very affirming, which I really appreciate!
Elisabeth is an empathetic, understanding, and insightful counselor :)
It just helps to talk things out with someone and get different perspectives on approaching life's struggles.
Elisabeth is wonderful, I hang up after every session thinking "she's the best" and truly feeling so grateful to have her. Better Help is really such a great resource.
Elisabeth is delightful and has a calm, understanding demeanor that invites confidences. She is caring and truly wants to help.
Elisabeth has been extremely attentive to my panic and anxiety issues. She has been insturmental in exploring the origin, providing practical techniques to alleviate anxiety and sends useful exercies or thought pieces weekly which I find very helpful. I'm excited to continue with her.
She's always available when I need her and listens to me.
As my sessions have been ongoing, progress has been made and the tools to measure them have helped out tremendously.
Elizabeth is truly great. She listens to what you have to say and always provides thoughtful feedback. She also sends you wonderful tips to manage stress and anxiety among other things. I am so glad to be able to work with her!
Elisabeth is wonderful and very helpful.
Elisabeth is kind, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and patient. She is very understanding and she makes you very comfortable.
Elisabeth has been great to work with these past few weeks. Before I started using Better Help, I was very disappointed in my search for a therapist. Everyone I reached out to had no availability. Now with Better Help, I talk to Elisabeth practically everyday. It’s great to have someone I can reach out to who understands my anxiety troubles. She has been very encouraging and supportive this entire time, and I look forward to talking with her more.