Elisabeth Burlingame

Iowa City Clinician

Social Worker, LMSW

Meet Elisabeth

Bachelors of Social Work, Clarke University

Masters of Social Work, Walden University

Education

Neurodivergent-affirming therapy, Autism, ADHD, trauma-informed care, ACT, CBT, Narrative Therapy, Parts-informed Work, Polyvagal and Somatic-informed approaches, Attachment-based therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and feminist, culturally responsive, strengths-based care. Areas of focus include executive functioning, sensory processing, burnout, masking, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma recovery (including religious trauma), grief, LGBTQIA+ and identity exploration, gender-affirming support, relationship issues, self-esteem, and body image concerns.

Clinical Specialties

Elisabeth (she/her/hers) is a neurodivergent therapist and clinical social worker based in our Iowa City office. She’s autistic and ADHD herself, and she works best with individual adults who’ve always felt a little (or a lot) out of place—whether due to neurodivergence, identity, or growing up in environments that didn’t leave room for their reality.

Elisabeth works with clients navigating masking, burnout, emotional overwhelm, or big identity shifts—especially folks who are late-diagnosed or self-identified autistic, ADHD, and others whose minds don't fit the mold. Many of her clients are also moving through grief, trauma, or chronic stress, often while carrying the weight of marginalization tied to race, culture, gender, disability, or sexuality.

In sessions, Elisabeth offers a space that’s steady, low-pressure, and shaped around what each client needs. Therapy with her isn’t about having a plan or the right words—it’s about having room to be real, even when things feel messy or uncertain. Elisabeth works alongside clients at a pace that feels doable. It’s okay not to have everything figured out. However clients show up is welcome.

Biography

Iowa City Office Information

Address: 1700 South 1st Ave Ste 23, Iowa City, IA 52240

Office Phone: 319-800-5564

Iowa City Office Fax: 319-519-6335

Email: info@greencounselingservice.com