- stress and anxiety
- family of origin work
- communication skills
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Secrist is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 20 years of experience helping adults manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, family issues, and self-esteem questions. She names communication problems, attachment issues, isolation, and life transitions such as divorce or pregnancy as common topics in her work.
She often focuses on how patterns from the family someone grew up in affect current relationships and choices. Elizabeth also supports people navigating adoption and foster care concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and questions around gender identity and sexuality. She works with individuals exploring non-monogamous relationships and alternative sexual cultures when that is part of the concern.
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Elizabeth pays attention to how a person’s history, values, and identity shape present-day behavior. Conversations typically look at recurring patterns, communication habits, and coping strategies that can be adjusted to reduce conflict and confusion.
For parents or people remembering family roles that still influence day-to-day life, she offers straightforward tools to try between sessions. That can include small behavior experiments, conversation practice, and planning for transitions such as postpartum adjustments or separation.
Elizabeth works in English from Illinois and brings two decades of clinical experience to common adult issues like anxiety, relationship strain, and feeling stuck. Prospective clients are asked to use the site’s matching steps to begin the process and schedule an initial appointment.
How evidence-based approaches guide online sessions
Elizabeth describes her work as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on observable patterns and communication. One common method she uses looks at attachment patterns and how early family roles shape current relationships; this approach helps people name repeating dynamics and practice new ways of relating. Another frequent focus is skills-based work for anxiety and stress management, which includes learning breathing and grounding practices, pacing exposure to feared situations, and building step-by-step plans to manage overwhelming moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth will work with each person to match techniques to their situation, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods as progress is assessed together. The emphasis is on practical steps and clear goals rather than fixed protocols.
Confirm the exact online session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Many people find online work helpful because sessions can fit into busy days more easily, make check-ins quicker when needed, and allow practice of communication skills between sessions without extra travel. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, role-plays, and short behavioral tasks to remote sessions so the work can continue even when meeting virtually.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on patterns, communication habits, and concrete skills to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship dynamics and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an Illinois LCPC and practices from Illinois.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking by using the matching steps on the site, as formats are not specified here.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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