- CBT techniques
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness practice
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Toback is a Florida LMHC with 38 years of professional experience helping people with relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, sleep problems, depression, stress and anxiety. She works with individuals who face addiction, grief, eating issues, and LGBT-related concerns. Elizabeth writes plainly to make beginning therapy feel manageable for someone juggling school, work, and life transitions.
Her approach centers on listening and building on client strengths. She uses client-centered methods so clients can name what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) are part of the tools she brings when thoughts, behaviors, or emotion regulation get in the way of daily life.
Elizabeth also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and mindfulness practices to help people notice patterns in close relationships and bodily reactions. Sessions often include practical strategies for sleep, stress, and breaking cycles of avoidance or compulsive behavior. She aims for clear, actionable steps rather than abstract language.
Her background includes long-term work in clinical settings and private practice across Florida. That experience informs how she talks about attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care themes, and complex reactions like dissociation. She also addresses caregiver stress, chronic illness, and blended family dynamics.
For many young adults, early adulthood brings questions about identity, work, money, and relationships. Elizabeth offers straightforward conversation and skills practice to help people manage those pressures and set realistic next steps.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's priorities. Online sessions using this approach emphasize the client's goals and pace, with the therapist responding to what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems and stress management. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills. DBT can help when intense emotions, impulsive behaviors, or relationship conflict are common concerns.Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and then try strategies together. That collaborative process makes it easier to adjust methods as progress is observed or priorities shift.
The therapist's biography does not specify which online formats are used, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around classes, shifts, commuting, or caregiving by removing travel time and offering a quieter setting. Phone calls can be shorter for quick check-ins when bandwidth or screen time is limited. Video sessions allow for more interactive skills practice and face-to-face conversation when that helps the work.
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Experience
38+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy struggles, sleep disorders, depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, eating problems, and LGBT concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She uses CBT, DBT, EFT and mindfulness to focus on what helps day to day.
How much experience does she have?
She has 38 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and private practice.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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