About Liz Balazsy

Helping relationships feel safe, honest, and connected

My Work & Perspective

Relationships have a way of bringing both our deepest wounds and our deepest longings to the surface. Whether you are navigating conflict in a partnership, feeling disconnected from yourself, struggling with shame, or trying to untangle patterns that no longer serve you, therapy can become a space to slow down and better understand what is happening underneath it all.

I work with individuals, couples, and families who want relationships that feel more honest, connected, and emotionally safe. Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, deeply feeling, and hard on themselves. They may appear capable on the outside while internally feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or stuck in painful relational cycles.

My work is grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection. When we feel safe enough to be fully seen without judgment, change becomes possible.

My Background

I received my Master’s degree in Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy from Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling. Before joining Compass Whole Health in 2020, I spent several years working in community mental health supporting adults, couples, and families with a wide range of experiences and challenges.

Over the years, I have worked with clients navigating anxiety, depression, interpersonal trauma, grief and loss, neurodivergence, family conflict, attachment wounds, and relationship struggles. These experiences continue to shape the depth, flexibility, and compassion I bring into the therapy room.

Outside of work, I enjoy making art, listening to music and audiobooks, spending time with friends, watching favorite shows, playing video games, and hanging out with my two cats.

My Approach

My style is warm, collaborative, and relational. I believe therapy should feel human and grounded, not clinical or performative. I strive to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are without needing to mask, minimize yourself, or have everything figured out.

As a marriage and family therapist, I naturally look at the larger systems shaping your experiences, including relationships, family dynamics, identity, trauma, culture, and attachment history. I help clients explore the patterns beneath the surface while building new ways of relating to themselves and the people they care about.

Much of my work is informed by Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment based approaches. I especially enjoy helping couples move beyond cycles of conflict and disconnection toward greater emotional safety, trust, and understanding.

I also draw from narrative therapy, acceptance based approaches, family systems work, liberation oriented healing, and creative interventions when they feel supportive to the work we are doing together. My approach is always tailored to the unique needs and values of each client.