Elizabeth Sauber

Hi there! My name is Lizzie and I'm an Oregon licensed psychologist. I'd like to think that my style is collaborative and strengths-based. I want to help you reinforce what is already working for you and learn new skills to target areas where you struggle. I believe that healing and change happen in the context of a genuine, trusting, and consistent therapy relationship, and hope for this in our work together. If you are familiar with different therapy names, I mostly draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Alongside these modalities, I strive to center the wisdom that comes from feminist, queer, and liberation psychologies—my understanding of systems of oppression, and therefore how I understand therapy, are informed by my identities as a White, Jewish, queer cisgender woman.

While I work with a wide range of humans, I tend to be a particularly good fit for young and emerging adults, queer people, older adults, veterans, and caregivers. I have specialized training in the treatment of trauma, grief, identity related stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use. In addition, I have worked in a variety of residential and outpatient clinics focused on college students, trauma survivors, hospice/palliative care, gender-specific care, psychosis, addiction, and others. I am a certified provider of Prolonged Exposure Therapy and Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD, as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders. And I am a part of the Journalist Trauma Support Network, as I completed a six month training with the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma on treating journalists with occupation-related stress and trauma.

If it helps to know, I earned my doctoral degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Maryland and completed both a clinical residency and postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System.

Outside of providing therapy, I am a professor at a community college, where I teach about mental health, human sexuality, and relationships.