Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Elsa works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- CA Psychologist
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elsa
Elsa Busch is a California psychologist with 25 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical ways to manage strong emotions like anger and anxiety. Her work also covers mood concerns, eating struggles, and issues that affect self-image and daily calm.
She uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a straightforward method that looks at how thoughts and actions influence feelings. Elsa also draws on elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness to tailor plans to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to teach skills people can use between meetings. Her approach is direct and respectful. She listens for what matters most, then breaks goals into small, doable steps.
Treatment may include skill practice, noting patterns, and setting realistic behavior changes that help with stress and impulsivity. Clients often work on reducing panic, handling anger with less regret, and changing worrying or self-critical thinking. She helps people sort through communication problems, control issues, and struggles with body image or self-worth.
Progress is measured by clearer thinking, better coping, and more reliable day-to-day routines. Elsa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make continuing care practical. People start by answering a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
Her practice operates in California and sessions are provided in English.
What Elsa works with
Everything Elsa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elsa's practice.
How evidence-based approaches fit online therapy
Elsa commonly uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy, a hands-on approach that identifies unhelpful thoughts and builds new behavior patterns. CBT helps with anxiety, panic, depression, and managing anger by breaking problems into clear steps and homework tasks.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices to teach emotion regulation and stress tolerance. DBT-style skills focus on grounding, distress tolerance, and practical ways to respond instead of react. Mindfulness exercises support noticing triggers and slowing down before acting.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust the plan based on what works for the person. That collaborative process helps shape which techniques are emphasized session to session.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging for flexibility. Video lets people work more directly with nonverbal cues, phone can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing skill practice between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Elsa
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, eating problems, anger, bipolar disorder, and depression, along with related issues like body image and panic attacks.
What is her therapy style like?
She uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy as the main approach and mixes in Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and mindfulness techniques as needed to teach practical skills.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 25 years of professional experience working with people on a range of mood and anxiety concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a California Psychologist, credential CA Psychologist 22979, and practices in California.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps start the process?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.