About Elena
Elena Ramos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Mexico. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, parenting strain, relationship struggles, and trauma. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people feel heard and make steady changes.
Elena draws on eight years of practice in schools, outpatient clinics, high school behavioral health, and domestic violence services. She frames clients as the experts in their own lives and focuses on small, manageable steps toward goals.
Background and approach
Conversations center on practical coping skills, clearer communication, and strengthening everyday routines. Her approach blends cognitive and mindfulness tools with client-centered listening. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and adjust behaviors.
She also brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify values and take action that matters to them. Elena pays attention to relationship patterns and emotional bonds. She uses Emotionally-Focused ideas and elements of the Gottman Method when relationship dynamics are part of the concern.
These methods help with communication, rebuilding trust, and reducing cycles of blame. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Elena offers concrete homework, skill-building, and check-ins to track progress.
She aims to create a calm space where people can try new ways of coping and find clearer direction.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then take steps that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical skills to change behavior and mood; it works well for stress, low mood, and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns to improve communication and reduce reactivity in close relationships.
Choosing the right method is a team effort. Elena will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they decide which approaches to try and adjust those choices as progress unfolds.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls suit in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging lets people send brief updates, try quick skills between sessions, or use therapy when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and manageable for busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English
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