Elizabeth Shartle, LPCC

Elizabeth Shartle is a licensed professional clinical counselor with 15 years of experience helping adults cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strains, and major life changes. She listens closely and works with people to find practical steps that reduce overwhelm and rebuild confidence. Her approach centers on clear communication and steady support during difficult moments.

She focuses on common struggles like social anxiety, self-esteem issues, grief, and workplace pressure. She also supports people facing addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, and career crossroads. Sessions aim to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits and replace them with workable alternatives.

Therapeutic work often includes skill building for communication, boundaries, and emotion regulation. Elizabeth draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people practice new behaviors and change patterns of thinking. She also uses client-centered and solution-focused techniques to keep sessions practical and goal oriented.

Her practice pays attention to how life stages affect emotional needs, from young adult transitions to midlife shifts and aging concerns. She helps clients sort through relationship conflicts, family of origin issues, and caregiving stress in a step-by-step way. The emphasis is on small, sustainable changes rather than quick fixes.

Elizabeth works in Ohio as an LPCC and holds licensure there. Conversations are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. To start, prospective clients use the site’s Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.

How ACT and CBT inform online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and the everyday habits that keep people stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers straightforward tools to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses to stress and worry. It often helps with anxiety, mood shifts, and changing day-to-day habits.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust based on what helps most. That means sessions can blend ACT, CBT, and client-centered or solution-focused ideas depending on the issue and the client’s preferences.

If you plan to try online sessions, confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins around a work break or not needing travel time for appointments. Licensed professionals can guide you toward approaches and routines that fit your schedule and day-to-day demands.