I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in health and fitness goals. After working in mental health clinics, I continued education and work with clients trying to lose weight or make other improvements in health, including managing chronic pain, fatigue, endometriosis, and sleep disorders. I enjoy working with clients to improve self-esteem, expectations, boundaries, and changeable habits so they can finally reach their goals.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
We focus on current concerns to identify client goals and then we focus on solutions. Sometimes discussing the past is helpful but often, we see change happen more quickly when we pay close to attention to what is happening in the present. We discuss realistic timelines for change and what other holistic aspects of care might be important for feeling better.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
My fellowship training focused on helping people with chronic, otherwise ‘unsolvable’ conditions feel better, including consultation with their physicians to improve care whenever possible. I also worked with other kinds of providers (such as dieticians, pharmacists, and primary care providers) to support holistic care. That specialized training and experience can help us work together for an individualized therapy experience.
About Elizabeth Hritz-Slater
Appointments
Virtual
My treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
We focus on what matters to you and start working on making positive changes even when circumstances or other symptoms might feel challenging. Many folks feel improved self-esteem and relief when approaching problems this way.
Christian Counseling
This is offered for clients who have that preference, I work with many folks of varying spiritual beliefs or we often do not discuss spirituality unless that is requested. Some people find perspective and encouragement from Biblical principles related to their goals. Other folks have had difficult experiences within churches, family, or guilt that they would like to talk about and that can be helpful when requested.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Adjusting patterns of thoughts and behaviors that keep us ‘stuck’ is a foundation to therapy.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
This therapy can help clients recover from insomnia better than medication or work alongside some medications.
Compassion Focused
Many clients need support to learn and practice self-compassion. When clients do not believe that they truly deserve to feel better or meet their goals, they might continue self-sabotage. We can develop emotional blocks in childhood or after difficult relationships or traumas that compassion can help heal.
