Elizabeth Buko, LPC

Meet Elizabeth

Elizabeth graduated with her Masters of Education in Counseling at Stephens College in December 2022 and became a fully Licensed Professional Counselor in 2025. After nearly twenty years teaching high school English and working with adolescents on career and college planning, Elizabeth decided to change careers in mid-life to work with both teens and adults on healing past traumas, realizing personal identities, and becoming their best selves.

Elizabeth is a member of the LGBTQIA community, and she strives to offer an inclusive and safe space for adolescents and adults to explore their intersectional identities. She works from a Feminist theoretical orientation that’s client-centered and considerate of cultural contexts. Elizabeth works to bring awareness to the social constructs that can interfere with each person’s path to truly knowing themselves. She believes that societal expectations play a direct role in the formation of our identities, especially with regards to nondominant members.

Elizabeth is trained in Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR therapy, Internal Family Systems therapy, Somatic therapy, and mindfulness practices. Elizabeth uses the Polyvagal theory approach to healing by focusing on regulating the autonomic nervous system to move from states of fear or shutdown (fight/flight/freeze) to safety and social connection.

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