Elizabeth Krotser, LCSW and Owner

Elizabeth Krotser is a proud mama to three children, ages 10, 12 and 14, and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, in that order. She loves the color orange, the seashore, brain science, and karaoke, in no particular order this time. Elizabeth considers herself lucky to have found a career that matches her passion and has over 23 years of experience working with children and their families. 

Because most bio’s include this kinda stuff, Elizabeth would be remiss if she didn’t list that she earned her Masters of Social Work at the Jane Addams College of Social Work (UIC) and her Bachelors of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She began her career working in the public school system and then, seeking to work more alongside families, Elizabeth began working in the Early Intervention system (birth to three) in 2014. Her current practice, Nurturing Village, opened in 2017. Elizabeth is the proud owner, supervisor, and therapist as well as the most important snack-purchaser at the Village.  

Elizabeth currently specializes in working with children ages birth through elementary school who struggle with family relationships, emotional regulation, social skills, and behavioral challenges.  A Certified Theraplay Therapist with additional training in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, Elizabeth works from an attachment and polyvagal lens, nurturing relationships with children and their caregivers. Elizabeth studied under Jake Greenspan to learn the Greenspan Floortime Method, has additional training in cognitive behavioral therapy, and she is a certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider (a polyvagal neural exercise).  

The most important part of Elizabeth’s work is her commitment to joyful connections with her families. She describes her collaboration with children and families as a team approach that is gender and neurodiverse affirming, using parents’ and children’s strengths as a part of their journey together.  Elizabeth works hard at doing “her own work” and believes Dan Siegel when he states, “when we begin to know ourselves in an open and self-supportive way, we take the first step in encouraging our children to know themselves.”