Liz Liptak
MA, LGPC, RYT-200
Experience
I’m an Associate Holistic Psychotherapist at The Center for Family Well-Being. My journey to the counseling field includes more than 25 years working in education nonprofits in DC, where I served adults and children struggling with reading and learning challenges, and taught mindfulness and Social/Emotional learning to students, educators, and parents. I’ve worked both individually and with small groups.
Therapeutic Focus
Using a strengths-based lens, I incorporate mindfulness, positive psychology, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients find more effective coping mechanisms. I specialize in working with anxiety, different learning styles, identity and life transition issues, trauma, and grief and loss. I work with children, teens, young adults, and adults.
In addition to individual sessions, I also facilitate a Minds In Tune group for adults based on Jon Kabat Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) curriculum.
Philosophy
I integrate my training in various psychotherapeutic modalities with mind/body practices — including mindfulness, breathwork, yoga, yoga nidra, and Reiki. My goal is to empower each client to find greater clarity and peace within themselves and in their relationship to others.
Professional Highlights
20+ years in the nonproift sector
LGPC: Licensed Graduate Professional Counselor
Trained in various therapeutic modalities, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Yoga (RYT-200), Yoga Nidra, and Reiki.
Education
Graduated from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology
MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
200-hour Yoga teacher training at The Mindfulness Center in Bethesda, MD, including Reiki training
Trained in Yin Yoga at Circle Yoga and iRest Yoga Nidra
Favorite Quote:
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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