About Elizabeth
Elizabeth DeRouin is a licensed psychologist who offers practical, faith-informed care for adults facing stress and anxiety. She works with people who are coping with trauma, grief, family strain, and compassion fatigue. Her tone is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping someone take the next small step when life feels overwhelming.
Her work combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a Christian perspective. That means she uses established psychological methods alongside conversations about faith when clients want that included.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on concrete skills and spiritual resources to manage symptoms and rebuild everyday functioning. Elizabeth has eight years of professional experience in clinical practice. She helps people talk through communication problems, grief, and the emotional effects of chronic illness or caregiving stress.
She also supports those dealing with attachment issues, codependency, and relationship transition concerns. In the therapy room she emphasizes short-term tools and longer-term growth. Clients learn coping skills for anxiety and stress, practical plans to reduce retraumatization and burnout, and ways to address feelings of guilt or shame.
Work is collaborative and tailored to each person’s goals. Sessions are offered in English from North Carolina, and Elizabeth holds psychologist licensure in North Carolina and Virginia. She aims to help adults restore emotional balance and draw on their faith when they choose to do so.
Practical therapeutic approaches and online care
Elizabeth uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques paired with a Christian perspective when clients prefer faith integrated care. One common approach she uses focuses on teaching short-term coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and behavioral strategies that reduce overwhelm and help with daily functioning. Another approach centers on trauma-informed methods that help people process difficult memories, reduce retraumatization, and build routines that lower burnout risk. These methods are aimed at emotional regulation and restoring a sense of safety and control.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Elizabeth works with each person to identify goals and preferences, then adapts techniques to fit their values and life situation. Together they track progress and adjust the plan when needed so work stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone can be a lower-bandwidth option for a full session. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy week and to keep momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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