About Elanna
Elanna Wilson-Guzman is a licensed social worker practicing with ten years of professional experience. She holds an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker credential and a Nevada Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential. She focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and other life challenges.
She meets each person with respect and compassion. Sessions are shaped around what matters most to the individual. She listens for patterns that get in the way and helps people try different ways of coping and relating.
Background and approach
Her work covers mood concerns like depression and bipolar symptoms, as well as grief and compassion fatigue. She also addresses intimacy issues, addictions, anger, and self-esteem. Parenting challenges, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care topics, and caregiver stress are part of her focus areas.
Elanna has supported people affected by trauma, domestic violence, dissociation, and the fallout from natural or human-caused disasters. She also helps with chronic illness and pain, cancer-related stress, and complex co-morbid conditions. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person.
The aim is to work together on clear, realistic goals and practical skills that fit daily life. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Elanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach involves skill-building for managing anxiety and stress, which teaches breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging exercises to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Another approach centers on processing trauma and rebuilding safety in relationships, using paced conversations to help people make sense of painful experiences and learn new ways to set boundaries and connect.Finding the right way to work together is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, values, and comfort level. That plan can shift as progress is made or new needs appear, so clients help shape what comes next.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people read facial expressions and use screen-shared tools. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, reflection between sessions, or ongoing homework and skill reminders. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into a real schedule while keeping the work focused and goal-oriented.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Ohio
- Languages
- English