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Eloise Foster, LCSW
Virginia
LCSW - Stress and relationship concerns
See online therapy options- CBT techniques
- Client-centered listening
- Grief and family issues
About Eloise
Eloise Foster is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia with 12 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, and low self-esteem.
She uses straightforward conversation to identify what feels most urgent. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing practical ways to respond. Eloise combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques with client-centered listening to keep work concrete.
Her background includes a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Human Services Counseling and a Master of Social Work. She has classroom experience teaching social work and human services for many years, which she draws on when explaining coping tools and strategies.
Eloise has worked with issues related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric matters, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and family problems. She also addresses forgiveness, guilt and shame, hospice and end-of-life concerns, midlife transitions, social anxiety and phobias, and women’s issues.
In practical sessions she breaks down skills into small steps. Clients practice thoughts-and-behavior experiments between meetings and review what helped. The aim is to build habits that reduce intense reactions and increase clearer choices in daily life.
How CBT and client-centered work translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on active listening and reflecting what a person says. The therapist follows the client’s concerns and helps them clarify feelings and priorities in simple language.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thoughts, trying short experiments, and practicing new behaviors to see what changes.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods make the most sense based on goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that may shift over time as needs change.
Confirm the current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday or evening routine, avoid travel time, or do shorter check-ins when a full session feels too much. If audio-only is preferable, that can reduce bandwidth and let a person focus on the conversation without being on camera. The therapist will discuss practical arrangements and match a format to what helps the person follow through with the work.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, and low self-esteem. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and end-of-life concerns.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. The work is practical and oriented toward skills you can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor’s in Sociology with a minor in Human Services Counseling, plus teaching experience in social work and human services.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW licensed in Virginia and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.