About Eloise
Eloise Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, and self-esteem. Eloise aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and respectful for each person who reaches out.
Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Human Services Counseling and a Master of Social Work.
Background and approach
Eloise has worked in settings involving foster care, homelessness, and older adults, and she has nearly two decades of teaching experience in social work and human services. In sessions she keeps the conversation centered on the person in front of her. She listens for what matters most and helps clients set practical goals.
Sessions include talking through difficult feelings, spotting unhelpful patterns, and trying out new ways of responding in daily life. Eloise uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to help people notice thinking patterns that feed anxiety and stress, and to practice small changes that reduce distress.
She works with common life challenges such as abandonment concerns, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, hospice and end-of-life concerns, midlife transitions, social anxiety and women’s issues. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from Virginia.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Eloise uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as core tools in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client’s priorities so sessions move at a comfortable pace. This approach helps people feel heard while they talk through family tensions, grief, or self-esteem concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In online sessions she helps clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns, try small behavior changes, and practice coping skills for anxiety and stress. CBT is useful for concrete problems like social anxiety, worry, and stress management.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what works. Clients are invited to give feedback and shape the plan as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video helps when face-to-face interaction is helpful, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect in writing between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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