Eliza Niemann , MD, LCSW-C, LICSW

Eliza Niemann is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of professional experience supporting adults and families through life transitions and emotional challenges. She combines formal training with a collaborative, strength-based style to help clients build resilience and move toward their goals. In addition to social work credentials, she holds an MD and advanced clinical licenses - LCSW-C in Maryland and LICSW in Washington, D.C. - which reflect her training and certification to provide clinical social work services.

Eliza earned a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Virginia and a Master of Social Work from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. Over the course of her career she has worked with clients facing stress and anxiety, grief and loss, adoption-related concerns for adoptive parents and birth parents and adoptees, motivation and self-esteem issues, and depression. She also brings experience facilitating workshops, trainings, and support groups on a variety of topics.

Her therapeutic stance is collaborative and compassionate, emphasizing solution-focused strategies and clients' existing strengths. Eliza starts where each person is, helping them clarify priorities, navigate worries, and take practical steps toward a more fulfilling life. She frames counseling as a partnership that honors clients' courage and supports the process of change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Eliza Niemann integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to support clients in creating meaningful change. Client-centered therapy focuses on an empathic, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens closely to understand each person’s perspective and helps them build on their own strengths; it is often helpful for issues like low self-esteem, life purpose, and processing grief. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can be effective for stress, anxiety, and depression.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Eliza works collaboratively with clients to explore which methods best align with their needs, goals, and personal preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules and varying comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home or between other responsibilities and allow clients to maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not practical.