Elizabeth Stone , LCSW, LISW

Elizabeth Stone is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and big life changes. She offers calm, straightforward guidance for people feeling overwhelmed by mood shifts, trauma, or pressures at work and home. Elizabeth works with individuals facing issues like eating concerns, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and attention challenges. She also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, isolation, body image worries, and matters related to military or first responder life.

Her approach blends practical skills with reflective work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people focus on what matters most and take small steps toward those values. Mindfulness practices are woven in to build awareness of thoughts and bodily reactions.

Elizabeth has 11 years of clinical experience and holds LCSW and LISW credentials. She practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. Her background includes work with programs that support military personnel and first responders, and she brings that experience into one-on-one care when it fits a person’s needs.

Sessions can include talking through immediate problems, learning coping tools, and creating short plans for change. Elizabeth aims to keep things practical and paced to a person’s comfort level. Therapy focuses on collaboration and on building skills people can use outside of sessions.

To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions through the Start Therapy flow. Her practice offers several online formats to match different schedules and preferences.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people get clear about their values and take small, practical steps toward them. It focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while committing to actions that matter, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It helps people test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention and breathing practices to notice the body and mind without judgment.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort, and pace. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most, so sessions can emphasize skills training, reflection, or a mix of both.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful when face-to-face interaction helps the work, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options support consistency and flexibility for people juggling work, caregiving, or other obligations.