Elizabeth Stone
Practical, trauma-informed therapy with a mindfulness focus
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Stone works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and other challenges that make day-to-day life feel heavy or confusing. She aims to help individuals rebuild steadiness and clarity by focusing on practical coping skills, mind-body awareness, and self-discovery.
Background and approach
Her approach emphasizes learning to manage adversity and strengthen inner resources rather than allowing difficulties to define a person. With 11 years of clinical experience, Elizabeth is a licensed clinical social worker holding both LCSW and LISW credentials.
She blends evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, acceptance and commitment strategies, and solution-focused interventions to tailor care to each client.
Elizabeth also attends to concerns like grief, eating and body image issues, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and a wide range of related areas including attachment, caregiver stress, and first responder or veteran issues.
Based in Illinois, she offers flexible online options and works collaboratively to help clients discover practical ways to manage symptoms, clarify values, and move toward meaningful goals while honoring each person’s pace and experience.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most to them and develop psychological flexibility by learning to accept difficult thoughts while taking committed actions toward chosen values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness-based practices cultivate present-moment awareness and mind-body connection, often supporting stress reduction and better emotion regulation.Finding the right combination of methods is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to explore which approaches align with their goals, preferences, and comfort, adjusting techniques over time to meet changing needs and priorities.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules or when in-person visits are difficult. These options support consistent access to licensed professionals, allow continuity of care, and give clients choices in how they engage with therapy to best suit their daily life and communication style.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Iowa, Indiana
- Languages
- English