Elizabeth Brennan, LMSW
Michigan · 8 years in practice
Elizabeth Brennan is a Licensed Master Social Worker with eight years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801110805 · expires August 2028
- NPI
- 1033515309 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Brennan is a Licensed Master Social Worker with eight years of clinical experience. She offers a calm, patient presence and helps people who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, addictions, and other life stresses. Elizabeth practices from Michigan and holds an LMSW credential.
Elizabeth spent the early part of her career in public mental health doing direct care, assessment, case management, and therapy. She also volunteered with community art programs and brings creativity into sessions when it fits a person's goals.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with neurodiverse people, LGBTQ concerns, chronic pain, and complex mood or anxiety conditions. In sessions she combines client-centered listening with practical strategies. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns and DBT skills for emotion regulation.
Elizabeth also incorporates EMDR eye movement work and mindfulness practices when those approaches match a person's needs and comfort. People can expect a steady, nonjudgmental guide who focuses on clear steps that make daily life easier. She helps people build skills for coping, improve communication, and manage stress.
She emphasizes finding tools that fit each person rather than one-size-fits-all methods. Outside of therapy she makes pottery and watercolor art, gardens, ferments kombucha and kimchi, and cares for succulents. That creative side informs how she helps people explore expression, meaning, and deeper connection to what matters.
Elizabeth invites people ready to try a new path to schedule a first step and see what feels helpful. The approach aims to be practical, compassionate, and tailored to each person's goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Elizabeth names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate to online work
Elizabeth blends client-centered care with evidence-based strategies. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk things through. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is used to help process distressing memories and reduce their hold on daily life when appropriate.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that match a person's needs. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques so work in sessions fits real-life concerns and progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people read facial cues and do more interactive work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide ongoing support between sessions or a quieter option for sharing thoughts. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work across different situations.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Elizabeth help with?
She works with depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, body image, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting and caregiving stress among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Elizabeth combines listening with practical steps. She uses client-centered conversation alongside skills training and mindfulness to help people cope and change patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has eight years of clinical experience in public mental health, including direct care, assessment, case management, and therapy, plus volunteer work in community art programs.
Where is Elizabeth licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Master Social Worker, LMSW, practicing from Michigan.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Elizabeth?
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