- Bilingual English Spanish
- Client-centered care
- Practical coping skills
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Carrero is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers warm, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain. She speaks English and Spanish and brings ten years of experience to sessions. Her approach is focused on helping people feel understood and steady again. She aims to build a respectful, trusting relationship as the base for change.
She uses a client-centered style that adapts to each person's situation. That means she listens first and then helps create practical steps that match daily life. She draws on cognitive behavioral tools to help shift unhelpful thoughts, and on dialectical skills to manage strong emotions when needed.
Elizabeth pays attention to family patterns, past trauma, and how life roles affect mood and behavior. She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, neurodiversity, caregiver stress, and codependency. Sessions can address parenting strain, career stress, obsessions or compulsions, and recovery after loss or disaster.
Her work blends mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients notice what matters and take small, realistic steps toward change. She emphasizes practical skills as well as exploring how past experiences shape current choices. Elizabeth aims to help people find balance and clearer direction.
Clients who want straightforward, bilingual support that connects feelings to daily life may find her approach helpful. To begin, she asks people to share where they are now and what they hope to change, then she helps map a path forward.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy places the person and their goals at the center of sessions. It involves listening closely, reflecting what’s said, and working together to decide what to focus on next. This approach helps people who want a compassionate, steady space to sort through feelings and decisions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is practical and goal-oriented. It helps identify thought patterns that contribute to anxiety or low mood and builds alternative ways of thinking and acting. CBT can be useful for worries, depression, and stress that get in the way of daily life.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It offers straightforward tools for coping with anger, overwhelm, and relationship conflict.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Elizabeth will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means checking in about what helps and adjusting over time.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online therapy can make it easier to fit care into a busy life - for example, it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or make attending sessions simpler when schedules are tight. Licensed professionals can use these formats to help people maintain consistent work on their goals while balancing everyday demands.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Connecticut
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, stress, and relationship difficulties. Additional focuses include codependency, attachment issues, adoption and foster care challenges, and obsessive behaviors.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and eclectic, blending practical techniques with thoughtful listening. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of experience in mental health and has worked with individuals and groups. Her practice includes attention to family patterns, trauma, ADHD, and grief among other concerns.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in Connecticut and holds a CT LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Connecticut.
Can I work with her in Spanish?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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