- Anxiety and mood
- Relationship clarity
- Adoption care focus
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Huntoon is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with decades of clinical experience. She brings a calm, patient approach to sessions and focuses on helping people manage anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making small, practical changes that improve daily life.
With 40 years of practice, she draws on several therapeutic styles to match each person's needs. Elizabeth uses client-centered methods to shape sessions around the individual's goals. She also integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and emotion-focused ideas to untangle relationship patterns.
Elizabeth has worked with people facing adoption and foster care matters, infertility and grief, and the stresses that come with aging and end-of-life concerns. She has experience with immigration adjustment and multicultural issues, and she supports people dealing with workplace stress, caregiver strain, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions often focus on concrete steps - noticing patterns, testing new behaviors, and building better communication. She helps people cope with mood issues, anger, sleep and eating concerns, and the day-to-day effects of trauma and loss. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Her practice is based in Massachusetts and she conducts work in English. People who want to begin are invited to complete an intake questionnaire and schedule a session that fits their needs.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Elizabeth blends client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and builds sessions around what matters most to them, which helps when sorting priorities and next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and is useful for anxiety, mood problems, and changing unhelpful habits.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend ways of working that fit. Methods can be adjusted as progress is reviewed so the plan evolves with the client's needs.
Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, allow a quick check-in during a work break, or reduce the need to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively at a distance by focusing on clear goals, practical exercises, and regular follow-up to track change.
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Experience
40+ years
Credentials
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Elizabeth address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping issues, and a wide range of life changes and mood concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach that follows the person's goals, combined with cognitive behavioral techniques and emotionally focused ideas to improve thinking and relationships.
What is her background and experience?
She has 40 years of clinical experience and a long history of working with issues like infertility, adoption-related topics, immigration adjustment, aging, and end-of-life concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.