Shirley "Elizabeth" Loftin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with four decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and grief.
01About Shirley
Shirley "Elizabeth" Loftin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana with four decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, trauma, and grief. She works with adults who are coping with life changes, relationship struggles, mood disorders, or challenges tied to identity and loss.
Her style is practical and respectful, focused on helping people find and use their existing strengths. Elizabeth believes each person knows their life best.
Background and approach
She listens closely, asks clear questions, and helps clients name what matters most to them. Together they set goals and try out ways to feel better between sessions. She draws on client-centered therapy to keep the conversation grounded in each person’s priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used when people want concrete skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work with past hurts that still affect daily life. Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns including bipolar disorder, panic attacks, dissociation, and the strain caregivers face.
She also supports people dealing with gender dysphoria, isolation, and communication problems. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful. Elizabeth offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
Sessions are provided in English and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps pair a person with her schedule and format preferences.
02Credentials
- LPC (Louisiana)
- License 652 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1790256113 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Shirley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Methods Shirley names
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04Online support
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy means sessions focus on the client’s priorities and strengths. Online sessions keep the focus on what the person wants to address, and the therapist guides conversations so clients can set practical goals and try new ways of coping between meetings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In video or phone sessions the therapist can introduce exercises, practice new skills together, and assign short activities to use between appointments to build momentum.
Trauma-Focused Therapy is used when past events still affect daily life. The therapist works at a pace the client can manage, helping them name reactions and develop coping tools suited to their needs.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try first, based on goals, symptoms, and preferences. If something isn’t working, adjustments are made together so the plan fits the client’s life.
Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for in-depth conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue around work, caregiving, or other obligations.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, and relationship issues among other concerns.
What is her general approach in therapy?
Her style centers the person’s priorities and strengths using client-centered techniques alongside cognitive behavioral tools and trauma-focused methods when needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 40 years of experience working with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, caregiver stress, and related concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Louisiana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
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