About Sanela
Sanela Kalakovic meets people who are worn down by stress, anxiety, or the aftermath of trauma. She helps clients facing low mood, trouble with self-esteem, and major life changes. Sanela aims to create a calm space to talk and make a plan that fits each person's needs.
Sanela is a MI Psychologist - that stands for Michigan psychologist - and has four years of clinical experience. She focuses on how trauma can affect mood, anxiety, and relationships.
How Sanela works
She also helps people struggling with body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and obsessive thoughts or behaviors. Her work centers on clear, evidence-based techniques. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
She listens without judgment and helps people break concerns into manageable steps they can try between meetings. Sanela supports people dealing with isolation, guilt, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose. She also addresses communication problems, control issues, and the stress that can follow divorce or separation.
Veteran and armed forces issues are included among her areas of focus. Therapy sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sanela practices from Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
What Sanela works with
The areas below are the ones Sanela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | MI Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches and flexible session options
Sanela uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on helping people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. One common approach she uses helps clients identify patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood and then practice new, more balanced ways of thinking and acting. This method is practical for worry, depression, and stress.She also applies trauma-focused strategies that help people process traumatic memories and reduce their impact on daily life. These techniques guide clients through structured steps to lessen intense reactions and improve coping with triggers related to past abuse or difficult experiences.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Sanela works collaboratively to match techniques to a person's goals, symptoms, and preferences. She will discuss options, try methods in-session, and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone calls can be simpler when video isn’t needed, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing brief communication between meetings. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility needs.
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