Works with
- Anger
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Coaching
How Elizabeth works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Toussaint is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate anger, relationship strain, LGBTQ+ concerns, grief, and life changes. She aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive rather than overwhelming.
She encourages clients to see themselves as the expert on their own story. Sessions are collaborative and practical. Elizabeth draws on strengths already present and helps people build skills to handle daily challenges and intense emotions.
Background and approach
Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered listening. She also uses mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns, shift reactions, and set motivated goals. When trauma or past hurts come up, psychodynamic perspectives can help understand how history shapes current behavior.
Elizabeth has experience with a wide range of concerns including parenting stress, blended family issues, addiction-related problems, chronic illness, and ADHD. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, abandonment and attachment wounds, and communication problems that fuel conflict. In sessions she keeps language plain and steps small.
People can expect a mix of reflection and actionable techniques such as paced breathing, clearer communication strategies, or goal-setting conversations. The aim is steady progress toward more manageable anger responses and healthier patterns in relationships. Her practice includes phone, video, live chat, and text messaging options.
People in Illinois who prefer English can choose the format that fits their life and schedule.
What Elizabeth works with
Everything Elizabeth lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elizabeth's practice.
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Coaching
- Addictions
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elizabeth lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Elizabeth often uses attachment-based work to look at how early connections influence current anger and relationship patterns. This approach helps pinpoint repeated dynamics and supports building safer, more effective ways of relating.She also uses client-centered therapy, which means sessions focus on the person in front of her. Conversations are paced to the client's needs, with the therapist reflecting back concerns and priorities so goals emerge naturally.
Mindfulness techniques are woven into sessions to help people notice triggers and bodily sensations before reacting. Mindfulness practice can reduce reactivity and help with daily coping around strong emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the online process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit the client's goals and comfort level, and adjustments are made as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video is useful for visual cues and longer sessions, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quicker check-ins, and text messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflections. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy lives.
Questions people ask about Elizabeth
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with anger, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She blends listening with practical steps. Sessions are collaborative, strengths-based, and often include mindfulness and goal-focused conversations.
What is her professional background?
She has 15 years of professional experience and has worked with people facing LGBTQ+ issues, family conflict, trauma, and coaching-style concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.