Therapist in Scarborough, Maine Lizabeth Bedard, Therapist

Lizabeth Bedard, LCSW, supports adults across Maine in navigating life’s challenges with clarity, compassion, and evidence-based care. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or adjusting to major life transitions, she helps clients develop tools for resilience and lasting emotional health. Through individual, family, and group therapy, she creates a safe and affirming space for healing, growth, and self-discovery. Lizabeth brings over two decades of clinical experience to her work, with a particular passion for supporting individuals facing midlife and later life transitions. She is especially skilled in helping women address postpartum anxiety and depression, guiding them through the emotional complexities of motherhood. Her approach integrates therapeutic writing and creative arts to foster personal insight, self-expression, and healing, blending these techniques with modalities like EMDR and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Her clinical specialties include trauma and PTSD, women’s issues, and grief. Lizabeth also works closely with military veterans and first responders, honoring their lived experiences and supporting recovery from the unique stressors of service. She tailors each therapeutic plan to the individual, recognizing that effective care must reflect both clinical expertise and each person’s values, history, and goals. Outside of her practice, Lizabeth finds joy in hiking the forests of Northern Maine and New Hampshire with her two children, experimenting with “chaos gardening,” and woodworking. These hobbies reflect her deep belief in the restorative power of nature, creativity, and hands-on connection to the world.