About Celisa
Celisa Hardesty helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. She offers straightforward support for stress, low mood, and self-doubt and for people coping with trauma or family conflict. Celisa is introduced by name so readers know who they would be working with.
She holds an LISW credential and practices in Ohio. Celisa approaches each person as the expert on their own life. She focuses on a person’s strengths and practical steps they can take.
How Celisa works
Sessions aim to build confidence, reduce distress, and find clearer ways to handle relationships and obligations. Her background includes ten years of professional experience across clinical settings. That time brought work with people who have experienced abuse, chronic illness, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment challenges, and a range of personality and communication issues.
She also has experience supporting people on the autism spectrum. In sessions, Celisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to match what a person needs. Conversations are direct and compassionate, and she helps clients set small, achievable goals.
The focus is on practical tools that can be used between meetings. Outside of work she enjoys animals, The Ohio State Buckeyes, horror movies, Harry Potter, reading, and travel. That personal side often makes it easier for new clients to feel at ease and to open up about what matters most to them.
What Celisa works with
The areas below are the ones Celisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches work online
Celisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach emphasizes building coping skills and problem-solving to reduce anxiety and manage stress, helping people break problems into manageable steps. Another approach targets trauma and abuse by helping a person process difficult memories and learn techniques to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist listens to a person’s goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommends strategies to try. Sessions are collaborative so adjustments can be made as progress is tracked and needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions are useful when visual connection helps the work, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text allow shorter check-ins and flexible communication across the week. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving, or travel and help people keep momentum between meetings.
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