Elizabeth Toporas, LMFT

Elizabeth Toporas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Indiana with 20 years of experience. She works with people who are carrying heavy relationship stress, grief, trauma, anxiety, or depression and who want practical help that fits their life. Her style is warm and interactive and she often uses a bit of humor to put people at ease.

She often helps clients whose concerns happen inside relationships - parenting strain, blended family struggles, attachment questions, or conflicts tied to work. She also supports people coping with trauma, including survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and those wrestling with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, or longstanding grief.

In sessions she blends several approaches to match each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Emotionally-Focused and client-centered work make space for feelings and aim to rebuild connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and narrative ideas can help people find values and a clearer story about what matters to them.

Elizabeth draws on two decades of clinical experience and a Master of Science in Education from Indiana University. She has worked with foster and adoptive families and first responder-related concerns. Her LMFT credential indicates licensure to practice marriage and family therapy in Indiana.

She offers multiple ways to meet, including video, phone, live chat, and text messaging. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire helps pair people with the right therapist and schedule.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Elizabeth uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, which works well in short, practical video or phone sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her practice; it focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when hard feelings remain, a fit for people facing ongoing stress or grief. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps identify and reshape interaction patterns that cause pain, and can be effective over video when partners or individuals need focused conversation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try approaches that seem promising, and adjust the plan together as progress is noticed. That way therapy matches both what a person wants and what works for them.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from different places. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in during a break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, on-the-go contact for quick support or between-session reflections. These options help people maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into busy lives.