Lizee Love

Elizabeth "Lizee" Love (she/her) is a first-year doctoral student in the HDFS department, with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy. She received an A.A. in General Studies from Collin College in Plano, TX, and a B.S. in Psychology and M.S. in Marriage & Family Therapy from Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX. Her research interests include marginalized identities, sex and attachment in couple/partner relationships, and medical family therapy, particularly the experience of chronic and terminal illnesses.

Clinically, Lizee has received advanced training in evidence-based relational counseling methods, including Family Systems, Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Motivational Interviewing, and she approaches her therapeutic work with a systemic, social justice-oriented lens. Lizee serves as President for the Texas Student Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and Student Representative on the executive board of the Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. She is passionate about combining her scholarship and clinical skills to advocate for disenfranchised minority groups.