Elizabeth Bourne, LCSW

New York · 20 years in practice

Elizabeth Bourne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who focuses on helping people carry the load of daily stress and life changes.

License and registration

LCSW, New York: 078840 · expires December 2028
NPI: 1962035253 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 20
Languages: English

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About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bourne is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York who focuses on helping people carry the load of daily stress and life changes. She uses straightforward talk and practical tools to help people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strain, and concerns about identity or relationships.

She brings about 20 years of work in mental health across community, inpatient, outpatient, and hospital settings. That range means she has experience with mood disorders, PTSD, ADHD, and people coping with serious medical illness or caregiving demands.

Background and approach

Her background helps her adapt methods to fit each person’s needs rather than forcing one standard approach. Her style blends several approaches including acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral work, dialectical behavior strategies, client-centered listening, and EMDR. Sessions typically include clear goals, practical skills, and space to talk through painful memories or difficult decisions.

Elizabeth focuses on making therapy useful and manageable for everyday life. She works with issues such as family stress, parenting challenges, relationship trouble, self-esteem and body image, abandonment and attachment concerns, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses communication problems, codependency, divorce and separation, fertility and cancer-related stress, and guilt or shame.

Elizabeth encourages people to take the next step when they feel ready. She values steady progress, honest conversation, and tailoring the work to what feels most helpful for each person.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Depression
LGBT
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Anger management
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Divorce and separation
Family problems
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Mood disorders
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues

Approaches Elizabeth names

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Online support

How therapy methods translate to online care

Elizabeth often draws on acceptance and commitment therapy and EMDR as part of online work. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on clarifying values, noticing difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them, and taking small steps toward what matters. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. EMDR involves guided processing of distressing memories and reactions; in an online setting this means structured sessions to reprocess painful experiences while using bilateral stimulation and supportive conversation.

Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to current concerns, try out techniques, and adjust the methods to match goals and comfort. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills practice, emotional processing, or a mix of strategies.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and full discussion of emotions, while phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection, quick skills coaching, and flexible check-ins between longer sessions.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns can Elizabeth help with?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, LGBT issues, ADHD, and caregiving stress.

What is her general approach to therapy?

Her approach combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, ACT, and EMDR when appropriate to the client’s goals. Sessions focus on skills, coping strategies, and processing difficult experiences.

How much experience does she have?

She has about 20 years of experience in mental health, including work in community, inpatient, outpatient, and hospital settings.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and practices from that state.

In which language are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.

How are costs and scheduling handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

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