Elizabeth Brennan, LMSW

Elizabeth Brennan is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with eight years of clinical experience. She practices in Michigan and lists concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and relationship and intimacy-related issues among her areas of focus.

She began in public mental health and has held roles in direct care, assessment and diagnosis, case management, and therapy. That background contributes to a practical way of working. She also spent time volunteering with a nonprofit on community art projects, and she uses creativity in therapeutic work when it fits the person.

In sessions she emphasizes clear, moment-to-moment work on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Elizabeth uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice unhelpful patterns, and she draws on client-centered methods to focus on the person’s priorities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and EMDR may be part of the plan when they match a client's goals.

She lists many concerns she helps people with, including self-esteem, stress and burnout, grief, addictions, body image, chronic pain, ADHD, bipolar depression, and parenting-related strain. She also notes experience with adoption and foster care, neurodiversity, and alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.

Outside of professional work she makes pottery and watercolor paintings, gardens, cooks, and ferments kombucha and kimchi. Those interests sometimes inform a practical, creative element in sessions for people who find that helpful.

Using structured approaches in online sessions