About
Elizabeth Fletcher, LCSW
I was born in southeastern Oklahoma, and grew up all over Oklahoma and South Louisiana. After completing bachelor’s degrees in Spanish and Theatre, I worked in social services in Fort Worth, Texas, where I fell in love with social work. I earned my master’s degree in social work in 2007 from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and moved back to Oklahoma City. Since then, I have practiced in a wide variety of settings, including inpatient psychiatric care, intensive outpatient/partial hospitalization, doctors’ offices, home-based, and private practice. My work has focused on individual therapy with adolescents (ages 13 and up) and adults in Spanish and English.
Currently, I see patients via telehealth Tuesday-Friday. In addition, I offer consultation and professional enrichment services for mental health professionals, both one-on-one and in small group settings. I have taught adjunct classes for masters of social work students at the University of Oklahoma Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work. I have worked in crisis management, disaster response and debriefings for groups of all backgrounds, and I have taught classes on mindfulness, forgiveness, managing difficult relationships, and other topics for groups from churches to private service-sector companies. Recently, my training and presentations have focused on burnout, hope, self-compassion, and the needs of helping professionals.
My patients are individuals and families
from all across the spectrum of social class, race, physical ability, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and philosophical/spiritual beliefs. I’ve worked with people with complicated legal histories, undocumented status, physical disabilities, people who only speak Spanish, and many others. Diversity is an essential element of my growth and learning, both professionally and personally. I have specifically sought out learning opportunities for working with oppressed populations, and I welcome patients from all backgrounds, belief systems, and experiences.
I’m driven by my passionate interest in people and their stories and by my desire to understand how painful experiences shape us. These experiences shape us in ways that strengthen us and help us survive as well as in ways that keep us trapped in cycles we wish we could escape.
