About Sanela
Sanela Kalakovic is a Michigan-based clinical psychologist who helps people manage anxiety and stress. She works with adults facing mood changes, relationship strain, low self-esteem, and the long-term effects of trauma. Her tone in sessions is calm and nonjudgmental, and she focuses on practical steps people can try between meetings.
In session she listens closely to understand each person's history and current challenges. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build skills for coping, reducing anxiety, and improving relationships.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small changes that make daily life easier. Sanela draws on four years of clinical experience to tailor her approach. She pays attention to how trauma, medical conditions, or caregiving stress affect mood and behavior.
She also helps people navigate life transitions, grief after separation, and feelings of guilt or shame. Common concerns she addresses include panic and generalized anxiety, obsessive thoughts, low mood, attachment worries, and body image struggles. She also offers support for people managing chronic pain or illness and for veterans dealing with service-related stress.
Sessions aim to teach tools people can use outside of therapy. Sanela encourages collaboration so goals reflect each person’s priorities and day-to-day realities. Her credential is MI Psychologist 6301019725 and she practices from Michigan, offering care in English.
Evidence-based techniques and online care
Sanela uses a few core evidence-based techniques that help people manage anxiety and the effects of trauma. Cognitive approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing more balanced ideas to reduce worry and low mood. Exposure-based strategies help reduce avoidance and fear by gradually facing difficult memories or situations in a controlled way.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Sanela will talk with each person about their goals and day-to-day life, then adjust methods to fit what feels most useful. She checks in regularly and teaches skills people can use between sessions to track progress and make changes together.
Online therapy with Sanela can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for focused sessions and skill practice, phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging works well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make care more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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