About Traci
Traci Elliott is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Indiana with 20 years of experience. Traci focuses on building a calm, accepting space where people can talk through hard things and find practical ways forward. Traci helps with a wide range of concerns including LGBT-related issues, self-esteem, career strain, stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction.
She also works with problems such as trauma and post-traumatic stress, grief, intimacy-related issues, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Sessions address everyday struggles as well as deeper patterns that keep people stuck. Her approach centers on the person in front of her. Client-Centered Therapy guides the relationship, while she draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to change unhelpful thinking and reduce overwhelming feelings.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and motivational interviewing are used when people need tools to manage emotions and increase motivation. Traci aims to make sessions feel practical and straightforward. Conversations focus on clear goals, small experiments between sessions, and skills that fit the client’s life.
She explains ideas plainly and helps clients try different strategies to see what works. People who come to Traci often want help with relationships, family of origin issues, communication problems, and finding life purpose. She supports clients through big transitions and ongoing stressors, helping them build confidence and more reliable ways to cope.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the client leads the conversation and the therapist listens and reflects. This approach helps people feel heard and understood before moving into change-focused work.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to notice and change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, or low motivation. It often involves small experiments and homework to test new ways of thinking and acting. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication when feelings are intense.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Traci will work with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what fits and helps. That shared process lets the therapist shape sessions to the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy with Traci can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care fit daily life. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and skill coaching, phone calls are helpful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can support brief check-ins, homework guidance, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule appointments, maintain continuity during life changes, and use therapy in a way that works with work and family demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English