About Yelena
Yelena Drozdov-Clawson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin who focuses on practical, evidence-based support for anxiety and related concerns. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, depression, career shifts, or eating and self-esteem struggles. Sessions are offered in English and Russian, and she works both in-person and online.
She centers sessions on building resilience and clearer self-understanding. That means working on everyday coping skills, communication strategies, and steps to restore emotional balance.
Background and approach
Yelena uses straightforward tools clients can try between sessions to track progress and reduce panic or intense worry. Her practice includes attention to caregiving strain, aging and geriatric concerns, immigration-related stress, and multicultural issues. She supports people facing family problems and helps them find practical ways to manage conflict and improve how they relate to others.
She also addresses women’s issues and challenges around self-love. With ten years of experience, Yelena draws on both in-person and virtual work to shape individualized plans. She aims for clear goals and small, achievable steps.
This approach helps people make steady changes without feeling overwhelmed. Yelena describes her style as compassionate and measured. She focuses on honoring each person’s background and values while helping them develop long-term skills for emotional regulation and confidence.
Evidence-based approaches and online options
Yelena uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional regulation. One common approach she uses involves learning coping strategies for anxiety and panic - simple breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. These methods help people manage immediate panic and slowly rebuild confidence.She also emphasizes work on self-esteem and mood through structured activities that identify negative patterns and replace them with healthier thoughts and behaviors. That typically involves setting small goals, tracking progress, and practicing new ways of relating to oneself. For eating and body-related concerns she supports clients with behavioral strategies and mindful awareness to create steadier routines around food and self-care.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, preferences, and daily life to decide which techniques to try first. Together you will adjust methods over time based on what feels most helpful and realistic.
Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of session types. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, and between-session problem solving. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and make it easier to maintain steady momentum.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Immigration issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English, Russian
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