- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship struggles
- Adoption and foster care
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Secrist is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, family tensions, and changes that shake up daily life. Her style is collaborative and straightforward, with an emphasis on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She pays close attention to how personal history and identity shape current challenges. That includes work around self-esteem, attachment patterns, and communication problems. She also supports people facing life transitions like divorce, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, and aging concerns.
Elizabeth has a particular interest in adoption and foster care matters and family-of-origin themes. She also works with people exploring gender identity, sexuality, and nontraditional relationship structures. Issues such as isolation, control problems, and navigating narcissistic dynamics are often part of her work.
Her sessions aim to help people build clearer boundaries, improve communication, and develop coping strategies that fit everyday life. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's goals and values. People who prefer a collaborative conversation about practical changes tend to find her approach straightforward and respectful.
Elizabeth provides care in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. To begin, clients use the site's Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person's situation. One approach focuses on examining patterns that come from early relationships and attachment. This helps people notice how those patterns affect current relationships and communication. A second approach emphasizes practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching breathing, behavioral adjustments, and step-by-step plans for handling difficult moments.Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose or adapt approaches based on their goals, history, and preferences. That means checking in and adjusting methods as progress is made so the work matches what actually helps in day-to-day life.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online appointments can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions helpful for continuity during life transitions and for keeping therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes such as divorce or pregnancy.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. Sessions focus on understanding history and values while building usable strategies for daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has two decades of clinical experience working with a range of adult concerns and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is an IL LCPC and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule sessions?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.