Theodore Liswith, LCSW

Florida · 23 years in practice

Theodore Liswith is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of counseling experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW11966 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1912628074 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 23
Languages: English

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About Theodore

Theodore Liswith is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of counseling experience. He draws on long-term practice in hospital and community settings to help people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, sleep problems, and trauma-related reactions. Mr.

Liswith aims to build an open, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can talk about what happened and how it feels. Sessions focus on helping people name their emotions and find practical steps that reduce distress.

Background and approach

He emphasizes listening first and working at a pace that feels manageable. His background includes service in the U.S. Navy and U.S.

Army and clinical work in major trauma and research institutions. That variety of settings shaped his ability to respond to crisis, medical challenges, and complicated life stressors in straightforward ways. Therapeutic methods include Emotionally-Focused Therapy, client-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing.

These are used to help with self-esteem, motivation, compulsive patterns, and relationship or communication challenges. He also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, blended family stress, body image struggles, caregiving burdens, and separation or divorce issues. Theodore invites people to start small, name one worry, and see what practical change feels possible.

To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect a person to scheduling options and session formats that fit their life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Theodore lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Sleeping disorders
Career difficulties
Adoption and foster care
Avoidant personality
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Immigration issues
Infidelity
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Sex addiction
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Workplace issues

Approaches Theodore names

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Online support

How emotion-focused and practical methods work online

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name core emotions and the patterns that keep them stuck. It is often used for work on attachment, intense emotions, and improving how someone understands their reactions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, with the therapist providing empathic listening and support so clients can find their own solutions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy offers straightforward tools to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and compulsive behaviors because it teaches skills people can practice between sessions. Theodore draws on these approaches to match techniques to what a person needs in the moment, and he collaborates with clients to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and seeing nonverbal cues, phone can be lower bandwidth, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging supports short updates or reflections between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can continue work on emotions, coping skills, and day-to-day behavior without major schedule disruption.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does he help with?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem issues, sleep problems, and career stress. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, body image, caregiver stress, and separation or divorce.

What is his therapeutic style like?

The approach is warm and nonjudgmental with a focus on naming emotions and finding practical steps. Sessions emphasize listening first and collaborating on small, manageable changes.

How much experience does he have?

He brings 23 years of counseling experience and a background that includes work in trauma hospital and research settings. He also served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army.

What credentials and where is he based?

He holds the credential LCSW and is licensed in Florida. Client interactions and scheduling are handled through the site's matching process.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Different formats can fit different needs like shorter check-ins or working without a camera.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription model. The subscription can be canceled at any time.

How do I get started?

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