Therapist profile
Elizabeth Toussaint, LCSW
Illinois
LCSW - Anger and relationship work
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Illinois / 149017009
- NPI1992478879
- Experience15 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationIllinois
About
- Attachment focus
- Mindfulness tools
- Motivational interviewing
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Toussaint is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with anger, relationship strain, grief, addiction, and issues tied to identity and intimacy. Her focus includes family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and coaching for life transitions.
She approaches sessions from a client-centered stance. That means conversations start with the person's goals and strengths. Elizabeth listens for attachment patterns and past relational hurts that shape current reactions. She uses mindfulness tools to help people notice impulses and manage strong emotion as it arises.
Her work draws on psychodynamic ideas to identify long-standing patterns. Motivational interviewing techniques support people who want to change behavior but feel stuck. These methods are used together rather than as separate steps, depending on what the person needs in the room.
Elizabeth frames anger as an understandable response to stress, loss, and unmet needs. She helps people name what lies under the frustration, practice different responses, and rebuild trust in important relationships. Conversations often include small experiments to practice new communication skills between sessions.
Clients can expect straightforward feedback and practical exercises alongside reflective conversation. Her background includes supporting people through parenting questions, blended family problems, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and co-occurring conditions. Sessions are conducted in English and organized around each person's goals.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Elizabeth often blends attachment-based ideas with client-centered methods. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape reacting now and helps people recognize patterns in close relationships. Client-centered therapy focuses sessions on the person's priorities, using listening and reflection to shape what comes next.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice bodily signals and urges when anger rises. Mindfulness practice can be short and practical, such as grounding or breath exercises that can be used between sessions to reduce reactivity.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elizabeth collaborates with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration includes trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the profile does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep regular check-ins during life transitions. It also allows brief skill practice or coaching-style sessions when time is limited, and video or phone options can be chosen based on what feels most practical for the person.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with anger, relationship and family conflicts, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting questions, ADHD, bipolar and related stressors.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses client-centered conversation, mindfulness practices to notice impulses, and attachment-informed exploration to find the feelings under anger.
How much experience does she bring?
Elizabeth has 15 years of professional experience working with the concerns listed in her profile.
What is her credential and where is she based?
She is an Illinois LCSW and practices in Illinois.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the profile.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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