Elizabeth Cooper-Galvan

You may be carrying more than people realize. Anxiety can make it difficult to slow your thoughts or feel settled, while family and relationship challenges can leave you feeling unheard, disconnected, or unsure of how to move forward. Trauma can also continue to affect the way you see yourself, your relationships, and the world around you, even long after the original experience has passed. I work with adults experiencing anxiety, family issues, relationship issues, trauma, and PTSD. These concerns can also intersect with depression, stress, grief and loss, or other life experiences that make it harder to feel like yourself. I believe therapy should be a place where you can be honest about what you are experiencing while also feeling supported in making meaningful changes. Together, we can better understand what is happening beneath the surface, build on the strengths you already have, and work toward feeling more grounded, connected, and confident in your life.

Our work will make room for both the person you are and the relationships, experiences, and circumstances that have shaped you. We’ll explore how anxiety, family issues, relationship issues, trauma, and PTSD may be affecting your emotional wellbeing and the way you connect with yourself and others. I may use Trauma-Focused CBT to help you process difficult experiences while developing healthier ways to manage the emotions connected to them, Prolonged Exposure to gradually approach thoughts, memories, or situations that have become difficult to face, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to recognize patterns in thoughts and behaviors that may be contributing to distress. I may also use Motivational Interviewing to explore change without pressure, Problem-Solving Therapy to identify practical ways to navigate challenges, and Positive Psychology to build on your strengths, resilience, and sources of meaning. Our sessions will be collaborative, compassionate, and tailored to your needs, balancing the opportunity to understand what you have experienced with practical tools that can help you feel more capable in your everyday life.

You do not need to have everything figured out before starting therapy. During our first few sessions, we will take time to understand what brought you in, what has been most difficult, and what you hope will feel different. Together, we will identify goals that feel meaningful and realistic and decide where it makes the most sense to begin. You can expect me to listen with warmth and curiosity, create a space where you can speak openly without judgment, and meet you where you are in the process. Progress may look like feeling less overwhelmed by anxiety, communicating more effectively within your family or relationships, setting healthier boundaries, processing trauma at a manageable pace, or feeling less controlled by difficult memories and reactions. We will continue checking in on your goals and adjust our work as your needs evolve. When you are ready, you can schedule your first session with me through Headway.