About Elida
Elida Segrera is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida. She brings 15 years of experience helping people facing relationship struggles, grief, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Elida speaks English and Spanish and uses a warm, interactive style to guide sessions.
Elida focuses on practical support for relationship and intimacy concerns, communication problems, and parenting stress. She also addresses career concerns, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and pain, and the emotional impact of fertility or immigration issues.
How Elida works
People turn to her for help managing anger, guilt, isolation, and major transitions. Her work blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and narrative approaches. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful thought patterns, rewrite personal stories, and set small, achievable goals.
The Gottman Method is used for relationship work and practical communication skills, while motivational interviewing helps build readiness for change. Elida prefers short-term, goal-focused work when appropriate, and she adapts the pace to each person's needs. She explains steps clearly, offers coping tools, and practices collaborative problem-solving in session.
Spanish language options are available for those who prefer them. To begin, visitors in Florida complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability. Sessions are offered in video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging under a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Elida lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Elida works with
The areas below are the ones Elida selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Spanish |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. In practice this means the therapist reflects what she hears, validates feelings, and helps people name their priorities. It is useful for grief, anxiety, and building self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. The work includes identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety or depression and improve coping with stress.
The Gottman Method offers concrete skills for communication and conflict management in relationships. Sessions include structured exercises and clear steps to improve trust, manage arguments, and strengthen connection.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Elida will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. She treats the choice of approach as a collaborative decision tailored to needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues help the work, phone calls are an option when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and health demands while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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