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Get to know the Therapist
Liza Shaw, MA
Liza is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist/Certified Breathworker, IPI Certified Psychedelic Assisted Therapist and Ketamine Assisted Therapist in North Carolina. Liza started her private practice in 1999. Clients of Liza's are encouraged to move their lives and relationships beyond the limitations of the past, to breakthrough levels.
Liza has advanced training and over 25 years of experience specializing in high-conflict couples therapy, grief and loss, trauma recovery, family therapy for treatment of addictions and codependency and most recently, works as a Certified Psychedelic Assisted Therapist. Liza works both in-person (in Wilmington, NC) and remotely, via HIPAA-compliant Zoom meetings.
As a Certified Tele-Mental Health Provider, Liza has perfected what she calls "the art of BEING THERE together" during her remote sessions. The experience combines all of the intimacy and connectedness of being in the same location, with the added benefit of the clients being able to stay at home or work! Tele-Therapy clients report excellent results with Liza. One stated, "Remote sessions feel remarkably the same as when I saw Liza in person. She really knows how to bridge the divide of space and time. It's as if we are in the same place."
"I consider it my personal mission to reduce the divorce rate in the United States, 1 couple at a time. But preventing divorce will only be successful if, in place of unfulfilling or chronically dysfunctional marriages, couples develop truly thriving marriages & deeply fulfilling relationships. Even in the most hopeless-seeming cases, couples can heal the damage from the past and move forward in a healthier way. Not all marriages can be saved, but when couples do the work to heal the past, their future can be happier, no matter what the outcome for the relationship. "
Liza's style is respectful, directive, compassionate, and challenging. She takes a stand that all people deserve extraordinary lives, and she understands what it takes to help them achieve this. Liza specializes in Marital and Couples Therapy, as well as family and individual therapy. She possesses many years of training, has demonstrated a high level of competence with Marriage and Couples Therapy, values the institutions of marriage and life-long commitment, and is dedicated to helping marriages succeed, if at all possible.
In addition to providing Marriage, Family and Individual Therapy services, Liza also provides life coaching, advocacy services and facilitates retreats and workshops. From leading business executives to achieve goals they never thought possible, to assisting patients and their families who are struggling with Lyme Disease, PANS/PANDAS and autoimmune diseases, Liza has a wealth of knowledge and skill to share with her clients.
Liza is also the Director of Marriage and Family Therapy Services. She received her Master's Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Appalachian State University in 1999 and began her private practice at that time. She also served as past-chairperson of the Public Relations Committee for the NCAMFT (North Carolina Association of Marriage and Family Therapy) from 2010-2012.
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