she/her
Elena Saldamando
LCSW
Location
Virtual, Florida
Insurance Accepted
Cigna/Evernorth, Aetna
Communication Style
Action-oriented, Affirming, Challenging, Empowering, Mindful
Focus areas
Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Anxiety, Burnout, Caregiver Burnout, Chronic Illness, Depression, Grief, Pregnancy/Peripartum, Sleep, Stress, Women's Issues
Experienced with
BIPOC, Geriatric clients, Students
Years of Experience
11+
I take a compassionate, analytical, and direct approach to counseling.
License number
#SW11503
Therapy style
I take a compassionate, analytical, and direct approach to counseling while incorporating mindfulness and meaning-making into our sessions. I specialize in grief counseling, chronic illness, mental health, depression, and anxiety. I offer both supportive counseling as well as goal-oriented and behavioral modification counseling.
Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-i)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic
- Solution-focused
- Strengths-based
Education
MSW - Social Work, Florida State University
Interests
My interests outside of work include grilling by the pool or at the beach, watching college football (Go Noles!), browsing HomeGoods for household items I don't need, working out, traveling, and hanging out with the dogs and my family.