Elaine Messarra
Experienced LPC offering faith-informed, client-centered care
LPC Texas
- Experience
- 26 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Elaine
Elaine Messarra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with 26 years of experience as a psychotherapist. She brings a client-centered style that emphasizes careful listening and individualized pacing, blending practical talk therapy with attention to overall wellness of body and mind.
Background and approach
Her background includes independent practice, virtual counseling, and work providing individual therapy to nursing home and assisted living residents, as well as two decades as a teacher and school counselor.
Elaine offers therapy for a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses attachment and family-of-origin issues, blended family challenges, body image, career and life transitions, and end-of-life or geriatric concerns.
Faith-based counseling and prayer are available when desired, reflecting her Christian perspective and belief that religious faith can provide comfort and grounding. Sessions are offered to adults ages 18 and up, delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She maintains specific office hours and asks prospective clients to select the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule according to her availability.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Elaine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors that maintain distress, which can be useful for concerns like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. She also works from a client-centered perspective that emphasizes empathic listening, respect for the client's pace, and tailoring the process to individual needs. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) principles may be part of her work when exploring emotional patterns and improving emotional regulation and connection.Finding the best approach is presented as a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and practical needs with each client and adapts methods over time so the work feels relevant and doable for that person.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options can make it easier to access care from home, balance therapy with work or caregiving responsibilities, and maintain continuity when in-person visits are not possible. Licensed professionals tailor format and pace so that therapeutic work fits each client's life and goals.
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Experience
26+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English