Elisabeth VanBuskirk, LMFT

Elisabeth VanBuskirk is a California-licensed LMFT, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with 35 years of professional experience helping individuals navigate emotional challenges. Her work focuses on stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, self-esteem and motivation, and depression. Elisabeth draws on a long career supporting people through complex life transitions and emotional pain, offering practical guidance and compassionate listening.

She aims to build an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings honestly. Elisabeth partners with clients to identify goals, develop coping strategies, and strengthen confidence and resilience. Her approach emphasizes respect for each person s history and pace, and she supports those taking the first steps toward a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Elisabeth works with a broad range of concerns related to relationships, attachment, family changes, chronic health challenges, and eating or body image difficulties. With decades of practice, she brings steady professional experience to help clients explore patterns, process difficult experiences, and move toward healthier ways of living and relating.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Elisabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to the needs presented in sessions. One common approach she employs is skills-based work for stress, anxiety, and mood concerns, which helps clients learn practical tools for managing symptoms and improving daily functioning. Another focus is trauma-informed support for processing past harm and abuse, providing steady guidance for people working through painful memories and their emotional effects. She also offers grief-focused support to help clients make sense of loss and find ways to cope and adapt.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Elisabeth collaborates with each client to identify goals, try strategies, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds, honoring the client s preferences and pace. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in decisions about their care and confident that approaches are a fit for their situation.

Online therapy with Elisabeth can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists while balancing work, family, and other commitments.