Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera

Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and career transitions. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiving strain, compassion fatigue, and life changes. Elena offers help in both English and Spanish and brings 23 years of practice to each conversation.

She prefers a straightforward, person-focused style. Sessions center on what matters to the client and on practical steps that can be tried between meetings. Elena combines client-centered listening with goal-focused methods to help people move forward rather than stay stuck.

Her approach draws on several therapy styles that match the problem at hand. Some work is narrative in nature, helping people reframe difficult stories. Other work is trauma-focused and may use EMDR to address traumatic memories. She may also use solution-focused techniques for short-term goals and coaching ideas when someone wants clearer next steps.

Elena’s background includes many years helping people who live with loss, chronic health conditions, and work-related stress. That experience shows up in a practical emphasis on daily coping skills, pacing, and returning to valued activities. Her clinical license is LCSW and she practices from Georgia.

People who contact her typically begin by describing the immediate problem and the change they want. From that starting point, she helps set goals and tries small, achievable actions that add up to meaningful progress.

Approaches you may use in online sessions

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room and on listening that helps people find their own answers; it’s helpful for stress, self-esteem, and relationship concerns. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories to reduce the emotional impact of those events. Narrative Therapy helps people rewrite their story by separating them from the problem and finding different meanings in life events.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and how they prefer to work, then recommend one or a mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work evolves.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Many people find online sessions useful because they can fit a meeting into a busy day, reduce travel time, and make it easier to maintain regular appointments. Online meetings also let the therapist use EMDR and narrative exercises adapted for remote work, depending on what the client and therapist decide together.