Catherine Elzie, LCSW

Catherine Elzie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Oregon with 15 years of mental health experience. She helps people dealing with LGBT concerns, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and depression. Catherine also works with issues such as abandonment, chronic illness and pain, communication problems, and guilt and shame.

She uses a collaborative style that treats the person in front of her as the expert on their life. Sessions are conversational and practical. Catherine can use humor and a direct approach when it fits the conversation. She is LGBTQ+ affirming and follows a Healthy at Every Size perspective on body image.

Her background includes work with veterans and first responder issues, and with people who face multicultural stressors or discrimination. Catherine draws on experience treating post-traumatic stress and sexual assault or abuse. She also has experience supporting people with mood disorders and navigating family of origin problems.

In the room she mixes evidence-based methods with pragmatic tools. She commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing. That range lets her match tools to the problem at hand and to the client’s preferences.

Catherine completed a Master of Social Work from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her background includes long experience in substance abuse treatment alongside clinical mental health practice. She aims to help people build clearer communication, manage mood symptoms, and make steady behavioral changes.

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