About Elisandra
Elisandra Lopes is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Massachusetts. She holds a Master of Arts and has five years of professional experience. She communicates in English and Portuguese.
Elisandra focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Her approach centers on listening first. She aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following a fixed script.
Background and approach
The therapist works collaboratively to set goals and pace the work. Elisandra uses several practical methods in session. She draws from client-centered work to keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test more balanced ideas. Mindfulness practices support grounding and managing intense emotion. Solution-focused tools aim to find small, concrete steps forward between sessions.
She also brings attention to life-stage and practical challenges such as caregiving stress, chronic illness, financial strain, and isolation or loneliness. Issues like panic attacks, obsessions or compulsions, and post-traumatic stress are within her experience. The focus is on helping people build coping skills that fit their day-to-day life.
Starting therapy involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment. Elisandra adapts the format and pace to match each person's schedule and goals.
How Elisandra’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Elisandra uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on what matters most to the person. That means the conversation is guided by the client's priorities, and the therapist reflects and clarifies so goals feel useful and clear.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers concrete techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, helpful for anxiety, panic, and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elisandra discusses options with each person and adjusts methods based on needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to try and when to change course.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video can mirror an in-person session for deeper conversation. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text messaging can work well for short check-ins or when written reflection is more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit appointments around work, caregiving, or mobility limits and let people use the format that best supports their progress.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Massachusetts
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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