Elizabeth Shields, LMHC, LIMHP
Nebraska · 4 years in practice
Elizabeth Shields is a licensed mental health counselor who centers sessions on the relationship between therapist and client.
License and registration
- LIMHP, Nebraska
- 3905 · expires September 2026
- LMHC, Iowa
- 133141 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1679246599 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Shields is a licensed mental health counselor who centers sessions on the relationship between therapist and client. She emphasizes a person-centered approach and aims to build trust so people can speak honestly about what matters to them. Elizabeth brings a steady, compassionate presence to conversations about stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes.
She uses Existential ideas to help people face big questions about meaning and choice. That work pairs with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on values and small, practical steps.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches are used when helpful to change unhelpful thinking and strengthen patterns in relationships. Elizabeth pays attention to the whole person. She helps people manage compassion fatigue, caregiver strain, addiction concerns, and the pressures of work and career.
She also supports people dealing with bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and sleep or anger difficulties. As a parent of a child with multiple disabilities, she understands caregiver stress from lived experience and brings that perspective into sessions. Her style is strengths-based and collaborative, centering personal goals and values rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Elizabeth holds LMHC and LIMHP credentials and works with clients in Nebraska and beyond. Sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging so people can choose what fits their life and communication style.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elizabeth lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Elizabeth blends Existential Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people face difficult choices and live in line with their values. Existential work looks at meaning, responsibility, and personal freedom, which can help when people feel stuck or overwhelmed. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills for accepting difficult thoughts and taking action toward valued goals, useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to notice patterns in close relationships and how they affect current behavior. Attachment work helps people understand repeating patterns and find different ways to connect and cope. Choosing an approach is collaborative; she will listen to a client's goals and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. That process often mixes approaches so the work stays practical and grounded in everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and goals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Elizabeth commonly address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, caregiving strain, and addictions.
What is her general therapy style like?
Her style is person-centered and strengths-based, with an ongoing conversational approach that focuses on trust, values, and practical steps.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has four years of clinical experience and brings personal insight as a parent of a child with multiple disabilities, which informs her work with caregivers and related stresses.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LMHC and LIMHP credentials and is based in Nebraska with licensure noted as IA LMHC and NE LIMHP.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
How are sessions delivered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that suits their schedule and communication needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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