Embody
YOUR MIND & BODY

“Like the lotus flower that is born out of mud, we must embrace the darkest parts of ourselves and the most painful of our life’s experiences, because they are what allow us to birth our most beautiful self” – Debbie Ford

ABOUT My Practice

At Elizabeth Hernandez LCSW, LLC, I’m here to be more than just a therapist—I’m your trusted partner on your journey to self-discovery and healing. Based in Woodbridge, New Jersey, my mission is to provide compassionate, client-centered care that empowers you to navigate life’s challenges, unresolved past trauma, and find inner balance. With my extensive experience and a Master in Social Work from Rutgers University, I’m committed to helping you achieve lasting change through a blend of evidence-based therapies tailored to your unique needs.

METHODS OF TREATMENT (NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING):

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing), IFS (Internal Family System), Mindfulness-Based, CBT, Rogerian (person-centered), DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Psycho-dynamic Therapy, Insight Therapy, Problem Solving, Strength-based, and Family System.

HIGHLIGHT:

Licensed and experienced | Client-centered approach | Evidence-based therapies

EDUCATION AND LICENSURE:

◉ Master in Social Work (MSW) at Rutgers, The State University of NJ

◉ NJ Board of Social Work- LCSW License 44SC05914400. Exp: 8/2026

How I Can Help

I offer a range of therapeutic services designed to support your mental health and personal growth. My specialties include:

Anxiety & Depression

Anxiety & Depression

Discover a compassionate approach to managing anxiety and depression with personalized therapies designed to help you regain control, find peace, and improve your overall well-being.

Gender Identity Issues

Gender Identity Issues

We provide a safe, affirming space where you can explore and understand your gender identity, with support tailored to your unique experiences and needs.

Interpersonal Problems

Interpersonal Problems

Strengthen your relationships and communication skills through targeted therapy that helps you navigate and resolve interpersonal challenges.

Grief & Life Transitions

Grief & Life Transitions

Find support and guidance as you navigate the complexities of grief and major life changes, helping you process emotions and adapt to new circumstances.

Low Self-Esteem & Mood Disorders

Low Self-Esteem & Mood Disorders

Rebuild your self-esteem and manage mood disorders with evidence-based therapies focused on enhancing your self-worth and emotional resilience.

Trauma

Trauma

Heal from past trauma in a secure, empathetic environment with therapies designed to help you process and move forward with strength and confidence.

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Immigration Evaluation

Immigration Evaluation

  • Extreme Hardship Waivers
  • Cancellation of Removal (Adults and Children)
  • Asylum/Withholding of Removal/Convention Against Torture
  • U Visas and T Visas

Supervision LSW

Supervision LSW

I offer Supervision for Licensed Social Workers (LSW) to support professionals working toward their LCSW license. This service focuses on fostering growth, clinical insight, and practical experience in social work.

What Is EMDR

Frequently Asked Questions

Welcome to my private practice. This Page is designed to offer information and answers to frequently asked questions.

I appreciate the opportunity to work with you. If you have any additional questions, I will be glad to further discuss these with you.

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Our Address

367 Berry Street Suite 103
Woodbridge New Jersey 07095

Contact

(732) 858-6527

Email address

elizabeth.hernandez.lcsw@gmail.com

Family Therapy ( 1 hour )

$100.00

Family therapy is a subfield of psychology and clinical social work that works with families and couples in close relationships to promote growth and transformation. It tends to see change through the lens of family interaction systems. Please submit all of the documentation accessible under the Documentation link at the bottom of every page on my website. After completing all forms, please contact me and we can discuss which session works best for you.
Family Therapy
Price: $100.00

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COUPLE THERAPY (1 hour )

$100.00

Couples counseling may provide you with crucial insight into your relationship. It's crucial to understand that all couples have disagreements. Different communication methods, problem-solving approaches, and attachment patterns can all produce stress and tension in a partnership. Please submit all of the documentation accessible under the Documentation link at the bottom of every page on my website. After completing all forms, please contact me and we can discuss which session works best for you.

Individual Session

from $60.00

Make sure to sign all the documents under the documentation page and then contact me before buying any service. Please submit all of the documentation accessible under the Documentation link at the bottom of every page on my website. After completing all forms, please contact me and we can discuss which session works best for you.
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Biopsychosocial Assessment

( 50 ) Minutes

$120.00

A Biopsychosocial Assessment is a test performed at the start of therapy by therapists and counselors to look for biological, psychological, and social aspects that may be contributing to an issue or difficulties with a client. Please submit all of the documentation accessible under the Documentation link at the bottom of every page on my website. After completing all forms, please contact me and we can discuss which session works best for you.
Biopsychosocial Assessment
Price: $120.00

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Documentation Form

Documentation Form

Co Payments

from $5.00

A copay is a common form of cost-sharing under many insurance plans.
Copays are a fixed fee you pay when you receive covered care.

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Exercise

SELF-LOVE verb (self-luhv)

paying attention to yourself and what matters most; your mind, your body and your soul. Showing yourself you matter, that you are worthy and that you are beautiful knowing that the only person you need to please is yourself. Self-love means that you accept yourself fully, treat yourself with kindness and respect, this in turn will nurture your growth as well as well being. Self-love ecompasses not only how to treat yourself but also your thoughts and feelings about yourself. When you conceptualize self-love, you can try to imagine what you would do for yourself. How you’d talk to yourself and how you’d feel about yourself that reflects love and concern. LOVE “YOU”

3 tips
To boost your Confidence

Here are some exercises from Selfcompassion.org
Click on the links provided for more information!

Exercise 1:

How would you treat a friend?
How do you think things might change if you responded to yourself in the same way you typically respond to a close friend when he or she is suffering? This exercise walks you through it.

Exercise 2:

Self-Compassion Break
This exercise can be used any time of day or night and will help you remember to evoke the three aspects of self-compassion in the moment you need it most

Exercise 3:

Everybody has something about themselves that they don’t like; something that causes them to feel shame, to feel insecure, or not “good enough.” This exercise will help you write a letter to yourself about this issue from a place of acceptance and compassion.

Exercise 4:

Supportive Touch
In this exercise you will learn how to activate your parasympathetic nervous system by using supportive touch to help you feel calm, cared for and safe.

Exercise 5:

Changing your critical self-talk
By acknowledging your self-critical voice and reframing its observations in a more friendly way, you will eventually form the blueprint for changing how you relate to yourself long-term. This exercise will help you learn how to do it.

Exercise 6:

Self-Compassion Journal
Keeping a daily journal in which you process the difficult events of your day through a lens of self-compassion, can enhance both mental and physical well-being. This exercise will help make self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness part of your daily life.

Resource Three

discover how to nurture your self-awareness with meditation

3 Simple Guided Meditation Scripts for Improving Wellbeing
by Jo Nash, Ph.D

Guided meditation vs silent meditation

Guided meditations can include oral instructions about meditation posture, attention to the breath, body scanning techniques, and guided imagery or visualization. They can also include reciting mantras, expressing aspirations aloud, or chanting. They may include specific types of movements or activities conducted in a meditative way.

Meanwhile, silent meditation is generally recommended for seasoned meditators who have internalized previous meditation instructions and can now practice the techniques above without guidance.

Silent meditation can be practiced in groups and alone; guided meditation is always offered in the context of a relationship, even if that relationship is with an app or online audio or video.

How Can Guided Meditation Help

Guided meditation can be a valuable adjunct to therapy and counseling by providing a client with a sense of containment between sessions.

Mindfulness meditation has positive effects on health and wellbeing in several areas, including stress management (Davis & Hayes, 2012) and preventing relapse in those with depression and anxiety (Keng et al., 2011).

Other guided meditations such as loving-kindness meditation (LKM) and self-compassion meditation are effective methods of emotional regulation (Feliu-Soler et al., 2017) that can also enhance prosocial feelings (Bankard, 2015) and improve a sense of connectedness (Fredrickson et al., 2008).

LKM is effective at countering harsh inner criticism (Shahar et al., 2015) and high expectations of others (Feliu-Soler et al., 2017). It is also effective for those experiencing PTSD symptoms (Kearney et al., 2013) and loss of meaningful connection, such as the bereaved and those recovering from addictions (Graser & Stangier, 2018; Hofmann et al., 2011).

Guided kindness-based meditations in general, including loving-kindness and compassion meditation, enhance empathy, perspective taking, and self–other discrimination (Mascaro et al., 2015). These skills are crucial for maintaining and developing relationships of all kinds.

How can meditation ease anxiety?

Guided mindfulness meditation can alleviate mild-to-moderate anxiety in people with generalized anxiety disorder (Hoge et al., 2013), is a useful intervention in anxiety in adolescents (Blum et al., 2019), and can ease anxiety symptoms associated with depression (Edenfield & Saeed, 2012; Hofmann et al., 2010; Takahashi et al., 2019).

It can also alleviate the anxiety caused by stress (Corliss, 2014; Goyal et al., 2014; Ratanasiripong et al., 2015; Zeidan et al., 2014).

Below is a short 10-minute mindfulness meditation for anxiety that you can offer your clients. Additional short scripts are offered in the script section.

Other forms of guided meditation can soothe anxiety and provide a sense of containment by using mantras, visualization, and sound (Chen et al., 2012). For example, transcendental meditation (TM) uses Sanskrit mantra recitation, and a large body of research has documented TM’s success in alleviating mild-to-moderate anxiety (Orme-Johnson & Barnes, 2014).

Below is a 15-minute guided mantra-based meditation for anxiety by Deepak Chopra.

Resource Two

Explore different ways to develop a new relationship with yourself ….
Here are some insightful books
I will list the title as well as a video summary
Click the link for the youtube video

Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday - ANIMATED

Atomic Habits summary (by James Clear)
THINK and GROW RICH by Napoleon Hill | (Detailed Summary)
The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene (Detailed Summary)
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (Detailed Summary)

Life is a series of multilayered highs and lows

Resource One

Learn to reconnect with yourself with a series of videos that can alter, redirect, and ATTUNE your PERSPECTIVE. “If You Want To Conquer The World , Conquer Yourself First ” — Fydor Dostoevsky

Mental Immune System

The Negative Effects of Wishful Thinking
Best Lessons Learned from Jordan B. Peterson
How stress can affect your body
How To REPROGRAM Your Mind - Dr. Bruce Lipton
How to Maximize Dopamine & Motivation - Andrew Huberman
Life is NOT Complicated - Alan Watts

Jordan Peterson - An Antidote to Suffering

How To REPROGRAM Your Mind - Dr. Bruce Lipton
How to Maximize Dopamine & Motivation - Andrew Huberman
Life is NOT Complicated - Alan Watts

Jordan Peterson - An Antidote to Suffering

FINGERPRINTS of the COSMOS - Randall Carlson - A Fireside Talk
How Childhood Trauma Leads to Addiction - Gabor Maté
How an Obsession with SAFETY Leads to Mental Illness & Tyranny - Academy of Ideas
Life is NOT a Journey - Alan Watts

Happiness is NOT the Meaning of Life - Alan Watts

“A Journey Of A Thousand miles Begins With A Single Step”

”Roads Are Made For Journeys Not Destinations””
— Confucius

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