Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Elaine works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elaine
Elaine Messarra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 26 years of clinical experience. She works with adults in individual therapy to address stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, anger, relationship concerns, and parenting strain. Elaine draws on a calm, patient manner and listens carefully to each person’s story.
She practiced as a teacher and school counselor for 20 years, and has provided therapy in independent practice and online.
Background and approach
She also offered individual visits to nursing home and assisted living residents, so she is familiar with aging and caregiver issues. Those past roles inform how she supports people through life transitions and role changes. Her approach centers on the person in front of her.
Elaine uses client-centered work to create a nonjudgmental space and combines techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused methods to address thinking patterns and relationship feelings. Mindfulness and narrative therapy tools are also part of her toolbox when they fit a client’s needs.
Elaine offers faith-based counseling and prayer when a client requests that option, and she acknowledges spiritual resources as one way people find comfort. She aims to help people feel heard, validated, and more hopeful after sessions. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She practices in Texas and holds a Texas LPC credential.
What Elaine works with
Everything Elaine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elaine's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Elaine lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Elaine’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on the person and their experience. Online this means sessions begin by listening deeply, setting goals together, and shaping each meeting to what the client needs. This approach helps with grief, life transitions, and emotional overwhelm.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. In virtual sessions Elaine can teach practical CBT tools like thought records and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful habits. Emotionally-focused methods concentrate on how feelings shape relationships and self-view, and can help people work through attachment wounds, anger, and intimacy-related struggles.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Elaine will review your concerns, try techniques that fit your goals, and adjust the plan as you go. She invites feedback and works at a pace that feels manageable.
Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls let the therapist and client use visual cues for emotional work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions, keep momentum, and fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people access consistent care while balancing work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Elaine
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and family concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness challenges, and related topics such as attachment and codependency.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and patient. She listens closely, uses therapeutic dialogue, and blends cognitive behavioral, emotionally-focused, mindfulness, and narrative techniques as needed.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience as a psychotherapist, plus 20 years as a teacher and school counselor that inform her clinical work.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas and holds a TX LPC credential.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.