Elizabeth Mahaney
Founding MemberLMHC, MFT, LPC, LCPC, CCTP, NCC, DCC, Ph.D
Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Marriage and Family Therapist
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The practice
Specialties & Evidence
Couples & Relationship Issues
CertificationMA MFT MA MHC
Experience
Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Mahaney is a licensed psychotherapist, marriage and family therapist, and Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator with more than 20 years of experience working with individuals, couples, and families. She is the Owner and Clinical Director of South Tampa Therapy & Mediation, a boutique private practice specializing in relationship therapy, individual psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, and complex family dynamics. Dr. Mahaney has extensive experience helping couples navigate communication difficulties, recurring conflict, emotional disconnection, infidelity and betrayal trauma, intimacy concerns, attachment injuries, separation and divorce, blended-family dynamics, and high-conflict relationships. Her individual work includes anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, OCD, ADHD, perfectionism, burnout, relationship patterns, major life transitions, and personal growth. Her clinical approach is integrative, systemic, attachment-focused, and highly individualized. She incorporates the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication (NVC), psychodynamic therapy, mindfulness, trauma-informed approaches, and practical solution-focused interventions. Her work emphasizes developing self-awareness, understanding underlying emotional and relational patterns, improving communication, strengthening emotional regulation, and translating insight into meaningful behavioral change. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Mahaney is a Florida Qualified Supervisor for Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy interns and provides professional consultation, clinical supervision, and mentorship to developing clinicians. Her background in mediation and family systems also provides a unique perspective when working with complex relational, co-parenting, separation, and family-law concerns. At the center of Dr. Mahaney’s work is the belief that self-awareness creates choice. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all approach, she collaborates with clients to understand what is happening beneath the surface, identify patterns that are no longer serving them, and create practical agreements and strategies that support healthier relationships, greater emotional well-being, and more intentional living.
Education
Dr. Elizabeth Mahaney holds a Ph.D. from the Florida School of Professional Psychology and has completed graduate-level training in both Mental Health Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy. She earned a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling as well as a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, providing her with extensive training in both individual psychotherapy and systemic approaches to relationships and families. She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of South Florida and also completed academic coursework in athletics and marketing through the University of Tampa. Dr. Mahaney is a National Certified Counselor (NCC), Distance Credentialed Counselor (DCC), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Florida Qualified Supervisor (QS), and Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator. Her postgraduate clinical education includes advanced training in the Gottman Method for Couples Therapy (Levels 1, 2, and 3), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), attachment-based therapy, EMDR, Nonviolent/Compassionate Communication (NVC), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness-based approaches, structural family therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, discernment counseling, and trauma-informed care. Her multidisciplinary education allows her to approach clinical work through both an individual and systemic lens- integrating psychological insight, attachment and family systems theory, neuroscience-informed practices, and evidence-based interventions to help individuals, couples, and families create meaningful and sustainable change.
Populations & age groups
Children (6-12), Adolescents (13-17), Young Adults (18-25), Adults (26-64), Older Adults (65+)
Service types
Individual, Couples, Family
Languages
English
Locations
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Fees
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Payment
Takes private pay and insurance · Plans listed: Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare / Optum, Oscar Health, Carelon Behavioral Health