Elizabeth Bates

Elizabeth Bates is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in New Jersey with 20 years of experience helping children, adolescents, adults, couples and families navigate life’s challenges. She earned her degree from the State University of New York at Albany in 2004 and has built a long career supporting people through stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, ADHD, grief, eating disorders, family conflicts, parenting difficulties, career transitions, self-esteem struggles and compassion fatigue.

Her clinical foundation is rooted in Gestalt Therapy, a holistic approach that emphasizes awareness of oneself and one’s connections with others. She often integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Exposure Response Treatment Therapy, mindfulness techniques and psycho-education when those methods fit the goals of therapy. Elizabeth collaborates with each person to determine the approaches that will be most helpful.

Elizabeth aims to help people find more effective ways of coping so they can experience greater meaning and a fuller life in the present. She works collaboratively to bring clarity and understanding to patterns that interfere with personal goals, relationships and professional life.

She embraces people from all backgrounds and has extensive experience working with diverse populations, including LGBT individuals. Patients find her genuine, approachable, inclusive, warm and interactive. She believes that humor and lightheartedness can support the development of a secure therapeutic bond and that an open-minded atmosphere creates the safe space needed to address deeply personal matters.

Elizabeth is licensed to practice in New Jersey as a clinical social worker; her license is registered under number 44SC05643700.