Elizabeth Phelan , LPC

Elizabeth Phelan is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Connecticut with 31 years of professional experience. She has served both as a school counselor and as a private therapist, bringing a depth of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and life transitions.

Her work includes attention to adolescents and young people as well as adults, and she addresses a broad range of concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, grief, self-esteem, and intimacy-related issues. Phelan emphasizes respectful, sensitive, and compassionate care, adapting session structure and therapeutic focus to fit each person’s situation.

She partners with clients to develop individualized treatment plans tailored to specific needs and goals. Elizabeth recognizes that reaching out for help takes courage and treats that first step as an important part of the healing process. She aims to support clients throughout their work together and looks forward to speaking with those who choose to begin therapy.

Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Care

Elizabeth Phelan draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that include skill-building, practical coping strategies and relational work. Skill-building approaches focus on developing concrete tools for managing stress, anxiety, attention challenges, and mood changes, helping clients learn techniques they can apply in daily life. Relational and family-focused strategies emphasize communication, parenting support, and repairing connection within families, which can be helpful for relationship issues, parenting concerns, and family conflict.

Identifying the best approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth works with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals and tailors the therapeutic plan accordingly, adjusting methods over time to find the most helpful fit for each person or family.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to access ongoing care without geographic constraints. These formats offer flexibility for scheduling, support for international clients, and multiple ways to engage in therapy so clients can choose the mode that fits their life and comfort level.