Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera, LCSW

Licensed in Florida · 23 years in practice

Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and the strain that comes with caregiving or chronic illness.

License and registration

LCSW, Florida: SW5835 · expires March 2027
LCSW, Georgia: CSW007710 · expires September 2026
LCSW, Tennessee: 9267 · expires May 2027
NPI: 1407883069 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 23
Languages: English, Spanish

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About Elena

Dr. Elena Felipe-Valera helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and the strain that comes with caregiving or chronic illness. She supports clients working through career concerns, low self-esteem, anger, sexual identity or LGBT-related worries, and life transitions.

Elena brings 23 years of clinical experience to these concerns and meets people in both English and Spanish. Her style is direct and practical. Sessions focus on what’s happening now and what can change.

Background and approach

She listens and guides people to notice patterns, try new behaviors, and rehearse different ways of handling hard moments. Therapy can include focused short-term strategies or deeper work on past events that still affect daily life. Elena uses client-centered therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities.

She often combines that with EMDR to address traumatic memories, and with narrative therapy to rewrite painful self-stories. Solution-focused techniques are used when clients want concrete steps and quick progress. She has worked with healthcare workers and first responders dealing with compassion fatigue and post-traumatic stress, and with people navigating serious illness, end-of-life concerns, and caregiving stress.

Her background spans coaching and long-term psychotherapy, which she blends to help people set goals and take practical steps toward them. Sessions are offered by phone, video call, live chat, and text-based messaging. Elena holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, and practices from Georgia while working with some international clients.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elena lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Coping with life changes
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Aging and geriatric issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
First responder issues
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Post-traumatic stress
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Elena names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on each person’s priorities and pace, giving space for people to lead conversations while the therapist reflects and supports their decisions. It helps when someone needs a respectful, nonjudgmental place to sort feelings and choose next steps.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, works with distressing memories by using structured processing to reduce their emotional intensity. Many people use it for trauma, abuse, or post-traumatic stress when past events still cause anxiety or avoidance.

Narrative therapy helps people separate themselves from problem stories and try new meanings. By talking through the stories they tell about themselves, clients can notice patterns and begin to rewrite how they see their life and choices.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then suggest one or a mix of methods. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people meet face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching-style guidance, or continuing work between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent despite busy schedules or long distances.

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Questions people ask

What problems does she help with?

Elena supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, caregiving strain, chronic illness, and career or self-esteem issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She listens, helps set goals, and uses both short-term strategies and deeper trauma work depending on the person’s needs.

What experience does she bring?

She has 23 years of clinical experience combining psychotherapy and coaching to help people make concrete changes and process difficult events.

Where is she licensed and located?

She holds LCSW credentials in Tennessee and Florida and practices from Georgia.

Can sessions be offered in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and the therapist does accept some international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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