Elizabeth Haberer

Elizabeth has 20 years of clinical experience. She has worked intensively with trauma in settings such as the Children’s Assessment Center, where she worked as forensic interviewer and clinician with child survivors of sexual abuse and their families. She also worked with trauma and addiction at the Council on Recovery, El Centro de Corazon, HCPC's Intensive Outpatient program and spent many years specializing in dual diagnosis at the Menninger Clinic. Elizabeth has been an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Houston and gives frequently gives talks on trauma-related topics. Her clinical specialities include attachment and complex trauma, personality disorders and relationship difficulties. Elizabeth's work is grounded in the psychodynamic framework, which explores how motivations outside our conscious awareness can make us feel stuck in repetitive life or relationship patterns. Elizabeth has certifications in group psychotherapy and play therapy and has received extensive post-graduate training in other modalities such as DBT, ERP for OCD and ACT Therapy. She is also trained in EMDR for trauma processing. As a psychoanalyst in training at the Houston Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, Elizabeth has created the Alive Mind Project, which is available for people who would not otherwise have access to this intensive form of psychotherapy due to financial concerns and are interested in and committed to a deep exploration of their psyche. Slots for reduced fee psychoanalysis are limited, and all clients are expected to make a commitment to come for therapy three to four times a week for at least two years. Psychoanalysis can be done remotely or by phone. Please email for more information. Elizabeth founded THRIVE Trauma-Informed Yoga and has been a certified yoga instructor for the past 10 years. Yoga can be integrated into psychotherapy sessions, if desired and indicated. Her commitment is to help people inhabit their bodies and communities in a meaningful manner. A strong believer in social justice and the impact that systems and systemic trauma have on the inner functioning of communities and families, Elizabeth continues to seek ways to organize and be active in social issues in the community. In collaboration with partner agencies in Houston, she founded the Sin Fronteras Network, a group of trauma-informed providers providing pro-bono mental health services and evaluations to asylum seekers and migrants in the Houston area. She also offers pro-bono telehealth therapy to frontline healthcare providers in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Ofrezco servicios en Espanol. Si eres inmigrante no te pedire papeles de residencia en ningun momento. If you are a frontline healthcare provider in the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, please contact me for pro-bono services. Telehealth and phone sessions are available, as well as virtual EMDR sessions and embodied work sessions.