Liz Smailes. MSW, LCSW comes to Ellie with 20 years of experiences working with children and families. Liz spent ten years working for West Virginia Birth to three providing informal counseling, case management and advocacy services for children with disabilities and developmental delays.
The past 10 years Liz has worked as a therapist in schools and clinic settings providing trauma focused counseling services to children and adults. Liz primarily utilizes TFCBT, DBT, EMDR and Solution focused treatments in helping clients to remove barriers from past or present trauma and emotional pain so that they can get back to living their life.
Liz has a passion for working to empower clients to reach their full potential in their healing journey through a collaborative and nonjudgemental approach. She specializes in working with a variety of life stressors including anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual abuse, learning disabilities, and suicidal ideation concerns.
Outside of the office you will find Liz spending time with her two children and rescue animals. If Liz seems like a good fit please contact the office to schedule an appointment.
