Elanna Wilson-Guzman
LISW, LCSW
Compassionate social worker for life challenges
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- Helps with anger
- Focus on relationships
- Ten years experience
About Elanna
Elanna uses a collaborative style. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals, with the conversation and plan shaped together.
Her background includes clinical work across common life challenges such as grief, addictions, intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, communication struggles, and the aftermath of domestic violence or divorce.
Elanna has experience addressing parenting concerns, adoption and foster care matters, blended family dynamics, and abandonment issues. She has worked with people affected by cancer, natural or human-caused disasters, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD).
Her approach centers on practical conversation and goal-setting. She will adapt techniques to what works best for each person. Elanna encourages taking the first step and will guide scheduling and next steps when someone is ready to begin therapy.
Areas of expertise
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Nevada, Ohio
Languages
English
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions can help
Elanna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions. One common approach is problem-focused therapy that breaks larger issues into smaller, manageable steps and helps people build practical coping skills for stress, anger, or mood swings. Another is trauma-informed care, which focuses on recognizing the impact of past hurt and creating a steady plan to work through triggers and painful memories.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level, and adjusts the plan over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Many people find remote sessions reduce travel time, allow appointments during a lunch break or between errands, and make it simpler to maintain continuity of care during moves or travel. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm available formats before booking so you know what options fit your routine. Licensed professionals can use online sessions to work on the same therapeutic goals they would in person, focusing on concrete strategies, skill practice, and ongoing check-ins.
At a glance
- Listed location
- Ohio
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Credentials
- LISW, LCSW
- Languages
- English
- License (Nevada)
- LCSW · No. 10294-C
- License (Ohio)
- LISW · No. I.2304324-SUPV
- NPI
- 1932403045
As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and anger, plus relationship and family-related struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and respectful, with sessions tailored to each person’s needs and paced to their goals.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of professional work experience in clinical settings addressing a wide range of mental health and life concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LISW and LCSW credentials and practices in Ohio.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted and sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; confirm current session options with the booking process before scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Before you start
- Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
- Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
- If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.