About Elisa
Elisa Dorrough-Ewing helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She also supports those dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, sleep problems, low self-esteem, and work or career stress. Elisa lists compassion fatigue, LGBT issues, and mood disorders among her focus areas.
She is licensed as a LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Florida and has 23 years of experience. Her work is warm and direct.
Background and approach
She uses a client-centered style that looks for strengths to build on. Sessions focus on practical steps people can take between meetings and clearer ways to handle hard feelings. She aims to be non-judgmental and present as clients set goals.
Elisa draws on several approaches to tailor care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people change thinking patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to calm the body and notice thoughts without getting swept up in them.
Emotionally-Focused elements support clearer emotional awareness around close relationships. Her background includes inpatient and outpatient settings, community mental health, independent practice, and home health work across many years. That variety informs a flexible, real-world approach to common struggles.
Clients can expect straightforward talk and concrete tools. Video sessions are preferred for relationship-building, but phone, live chat, and text messaging are also available. Elisa encourages people who are ready to work on their goals to take the first step and explore which format will fit their life.
How online approaches like CBT and mindfulness can help
Elisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking and replace it with clearer, more useful thoughts. CBT often focuses on practical exercises and step-by-step changes, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.She also integrates Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. Mindfulness helps reduce reactivity and improves the ability to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, which can ease rumination and sleep difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elisa treats this as a collaborative process and will help clients choose methods that match their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She adjusts pacing and techniques based on what is most helpful for the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for building connection and doing guided exercises together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Chat and messaging work well for brief updates, coaching-style prompts, and shorter homework check-ins, offering flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English