About Elaine
Elaine Wells offers help for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and issues related to trauma, grief, and addiction. She also supports people dealing with intimacy concerns, eating or sleeping problems, parenting strain, career shifts, and compassion fatigue. Elaine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Florida with five years of experience.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She aims to create an open space where people can speak honestly and be listened to without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical steps that fit into real life. Elaine encourages small, manageable changes that build over time. In sessions she uses client-centered methods to follow the person’s lead and build on their strengths.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different thinking patterns. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change. Elaine works with issues related to codependency, domestic violence, and women’s concerns alongside the broader list of specialties.
Her style is supportive and goal-oriented, aiming to help people feel more capable and steady. She emphasizes clear next steps and collaborative planning. People who choose her can expect a calm, focused space to talk things through and practice new ways of coping.
Elaine supports each person’s pace and priorities while offering practical tools to manage daily challenges.
How Elaine’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person’s lead, helping them feel heard and build on their own strengths. This approach suits concerns like low self-esteem, relationship strain, and grief because it centers the person’s priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by practicing new ways of thinking and acting.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels unsure about change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to build motivation and clarify goals, which can be helpful for addictions, codependency, and making life changes.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that seem likely to help, and adjust the plan based on what works. Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexible options: video calls for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t preferred, live chat for quicker check-ins, and text messaging for brief ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English