I’m so glad you’re here!
I’m a holistic, relational therapist licensed in Texas, Florida, Vermont, and Idaho. I work with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, stress, trauma, PMDD, relationship challenges, breakups, attachment wounds, and life transitions.
Many of the people I support are professionals, entrepreneurs, or young adults who seem high-functioning on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or unseen on the inside. They’re often the ones who have held it together for everyone else and are now quietly asking, What about me?
Whether you’re preparing for marriage, healing from emotional pain, or trying to regulate your nervous system and feel grounded again, I offer trauma-informed therapy rooted in deep presence and evidence-based care.
This is a space for honesty, healing, and coming back home to yourself.
You don’t have to navigate the heaviness alone. Healing begins when you feel seen, safe, and understood.
About Elizabeth Dikibo, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
How I Became a Therapist in Texas, Florida, Idaho, and Vermont.
a little about me
The path to becoming a therapist wasn’t just a career choice. It was a calling rooted in lived experience and a deep desire to understand the inner world we all carry.
I grew up in a home where strength was modeled early. As the daughter of immigrants, I learned resilience quickly, how to adapt, how to navigate expectations, and how to quietly carry what wasn’t always spoken aloud. Emotions weren’t always safe to express, so I became good at managing mine. I learned how to show up, achieve, and stay steady even when I was overwhelmed on the inside.
From a young age, I felt things deeply. I was curious about people and sensitive to shifts in relationships, tone, or tension in the room. There were seasons I struggled with anxiety, sadness, and the weight of trying to hold everything together. At times, I wrestled with deep questions about meaning and purpose that left me feeling untethered. Like many second-generation daughters, I moved through life wondering if there was space for my needs while tending to everyone else’s.
Over time, I began to understand how much my nervous system had been trying to protect me. I learned how attachment wounds from childhood can echo into our adult relationships and how survival strategies often look like perfectionism, people-pleasing, or pushing through.
Therapy helped me reconnect to parts of myself that I had long tucked away. Faith offered me a place to rest and be restored. And with both, I began to feel more at home in my own body and story.
I didn’t become a therapist because I had all the answers. I became one because I know what it feels like to wrestle with the hard questions in silence, to crave emotional safety, and to want to be truly seen without judgment. This journey taught me the value of patience and compassion for the messy, beautiful process of healing.
Being a therapist and supporting others on their healing journeys is my passion. I specialize in relational and attachment work because I believe connection is where much of our healing begins and continues. Relationships with ourselves and with others hold deep power to wound and to restore. I’m honored to walk alongside individuals and couples as they navigate their own stories of struggle and resilience.
I get to sit with others on their own healing journeys not as someone who has it all figured out but as someone who understands how complex and transformative this work can be.
My approach to therapy is relational, holistic, and integrative. It’s grounded in trauma-informed care, attachment theory, and somatic and experiential practices.
I know that starting therapy can bring up hesitation. That’s why I focus on creating a space that feels safe, compassionate, and grounded in trust. A space where you can show up as you are and begin to step out of hiding. Together, we’ll explore your story, your emotions, and the deeper roots of your pain, including childhood experiences, stuck patterns, and the protective parts of you that helped you survive.
Through curiosity and reflection, you’ll gain meaningful insight and learn new tools to support the change and peace you’ve been longing for.
Sessions with me are filled with warmth, honesty, gentle challenge, and sometimes laughter. You’ll find authenticity here, not perfection. We’ll work at your pace and in tune with your nervous system and what your body is holding.
I bring a deep understanding of the mind-body-spirit connection and the importance of listening to the wisdom your body offers. Somatic awareness can open up new pathways to healing and restoration.
I also recognize how cultural identity, generational experiences, and systemic factors shape our mental and emotional wellbeing. As a second-generation individual, I understand the complexity of navigating multiple identities and expectations. No matter your background or story, my hope is to create a space where you feel fully seen, accepted, and understood.
Therapy with me includes approaches like:
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Attachment-focused therapy helps you understand how early relationships shaped the way you connect, trust, and feel in present relationships. Whether you struggle with closeness, fear abandonment, or feel unsure how to be emotionally vulnerable, this approach helps you build safer, more secure connections with others and with yourself. We explore your attachment patterns with warmth and curiosity, helping you create new experiences of connection that are safe and healing.
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Psychodynamic therapy helps you explore how your early relationships and past experiences shape your present thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Together, we’ll gently uncover unconscious patterns that may be keeping you stuck or disconnected. This approach helps you build deeper insight and healing by making sense of the emotional themes and relational dynamics that have followed you over time. You don’t need to relive everything, but we’ll give those old wounds the attention they’ve quietly needed.
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EMDR is an evidence-based approach that helps people heal from trauma and distressing life experiences. It works by helping the brain process and re-store painful memories that may be stuck or emotionally charged. We use gentle bilateral stimulation (like eye movements or tapping) while focusing on specific memories or beliefs. You remain fully in control during the process. EMDR does not erase your past, but it can reduce the emotional weight and allow you to feel more grounded, safe, and whole. Click here to learn more about EMDR and Trauma Therapy.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offer practical tools to help you shift unhelpful thought patterns, regulate emotions, and strengthen boundaries. CBT focuses on identifying the connection between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT adds tools like distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness. These approaches can be especially useful if you feel stuck in cycles of anxiety, shame, or emotional dysregulation. I use these skills in a flexible and compassionate way that supports your real life, not just theory.
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Somatic therapy supports the connection between your mind and body. Many people store stress, trauma, or emotional pain in their bodies without realizing it. This approach helps you tune into physical sensations, tension, and nervous system cues as part of the healing process. You’ll learn how to feel safer in your body, regulate stress responses, and build a deeper sense of calm and presence. Somatic work is especially helpful if you feel disconnected from your body or emotions. Click here to learn more about Somatic Therapy.
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IFS is a gentle, non-pathologizing model that helps you explore your internal world through the lens of “parts.” We all have different parts that hold pain, protect us, or carry beliefs we’ve absorbed over time. For example, a critical part may try to push you to succeed, while another part feels stuck or ashamed. In IFS, we create space to understand and care for these parts, rather than judging them. Healing happens as you reconnect with your core self and learn how to bring more compassion to your inner world.
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I welcome clients who connect through creativity and imagination. Whether you’re drawn to anime, manga, books, gaming, music, poetry, or art, these interests can be powerful tools in the therapy process. Together, we can use what speaks to you to explore emotions, build insight, and support your healing in a way that feels authentic and engaging.
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Holistic therapy honors you as a whole person: mind, body, emotions, and spirit. We look at how your physical health, nervous system, relationships, daily rhythms, and values all interact with your emotional well-being. This approach may include grounding practices, lifestyle shifts, creative expression, or reflection on your beliefs. You don’t have to separate parts of yourself to feel better. Holistic therapy invites all of you into the process of healing.
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If your faith or spirituality is important to you, I’m honored to hold space for that in our work together. This can include prayer, scripture, meditation, reflection, or simply exploring how your beliefs intersect with your mental health journey. Our work will always align with your comfort and values. If you want to learn more about my Christian counseling approach for clients who request it, check out this page: Christian Counseling
Personalized Touch.
If you want more than just talking, you are in the right place. Therapy with me can include writing, poetry, storytelling, music, art, role-play, and even your favorite shows. Yes, anime, manga, webtoons, and K-dramas count too. I also enjoy reading and drawing, and we can bring those into our work to help you process emotions, understand your story, and reconnect with parts of yourself you may have lost touch with.
Being neurodivergent myself, I know that healing looks different for everyone. That is why I focus on finding the approach that fits you and your unique way of experiencing the world.
For clients who want to incorporate their Christian faith in session, I offer Christian counseling upon request.
Together, we will help you feel more like yourself, grounded, connected, and able to fully show up in your relationships and the life you are living now.
Credentials
Licensure
Licensed Professional Counselor, TX #88818
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor - Interim Telehealth Registration, VT #068.0136668TELE
TLHT Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL #TPMC6421
Mental or Behavioral Telehealth - Counselor, ID #3471465
Education
M.A. in Counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary
B.A. in Psychology at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Certifications & Trainings
Certified PREPARE/ENRICH Facilitator #1328233
Certified RelateStrong Groups Facilitator
Trained in Restoration Therapy
Trained in Gottman Method Level 1 and 2
EMDR-Trained, EMDRIA Approved
Trained in Mindfulness CBT
Trauma-Informed Professional
“Integrative Polyvagal Theory Course” with Deb Dana, LCSW, LICSW
“Self-Havening Course” with Katie Truitt, PhD, MBA
“We don’t have to do it all alone. We were never meant to.”
— Brene Brown