About Elena
Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship strain, and challenges with self-esteem. She works with concerns related to LGBT issues, intimacy, anger, career stress, depression, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
Her first language options include English and Spanish, which can make it easier to talk through sensitive topics. Dr. Felipe-Valera is a licensed clinical social worker with 23 years of experience.
She combines practical coaching with psychotherapy to help people make changes that matter in day-to-day life.
How Elena works
Sessions focus on clear goals, skills you can use between meetings, and ways to reduce overwhelming feelings. Her approach centers on the person sitting in the room. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s lead and build on strengths.
She also uses EMDR as an option for processing traumatic memories and Narrative Therapy to help people reframe their stories. Many sessions aim for focused, real-world shifts instead of long theoretical discussion. Solution-Focused Therapy tools are used to identify small steps that add up to progress.
The work blends practical problem solving with deeper trauma-focused care when it’s needed. Dr. Felipe-Valera works online with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
People choose the format that fits their schedule and communication style. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect someone to the right therapist and schedule.
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What Elena works with
The areas below are the ones Elena selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and building on a person's strengths. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to set their own goals and pace for change. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is an approach used to work on traumatic memories so they cause less distress and interfere less with daily life. Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and helps reframe those stories to highlight resilience and options for the future.Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. She will talk about goals, try methods that fit the concern, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps pick which methods to emphasize and when to combine techniques.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are good for face-to-face work and guided techniques. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let people fit brief check-ins into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or medical needs.
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A practical next step
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