Hi, I’m Elena

Owner & Therapist of Ease Counseling

I believe meaningful work starts with genuine connection. I value honesty, cultural sensitivity, and taking the time to truly understand each client as a whole person. My approach is grounded in authenticity, curiosity, and respect for your lived experience. I aim to keep therapy calm and approachable, where you can show up authentically and go at your own pace.

Outside of the therapy room, I’m a proud cat mom to my moderately well-behaved sidekick, Jiji. I love a cozy night in with reality TV, a craft project in hand (usually supervised by Jiji), and good friends nearby. I enjoy bringing humor into everyday moments, and I truly believe laughter can be an important part of healing.

I truly love the work I do and feel grateful every day that I get to show up for it. Looking forward to starting my work day is such a gift and not something I take for granted.


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Specialties

  • Couples Therapy

  • Neurodivergent Affirming Therapy

  • Trauma Therapy

  • LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy

Therapy Frameworks

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) is used to help your brain reprocess traumatic and painful experiences. Together we will heal your nervous system by using bilateral stimulation to resolve negative memories. 

  • ACT identifies your personal values and explores ways that you can make decisions that align with these values in all areas of your life. We will work together to identify spaces that are not currently aligned and build skills to move toward creating your most fulfilled life.

  • Polyvagal Therapy focuses on building a personal roadmap to your own nervous system in an effort to understand how it responds to stress and safety. We will identify your flight, fight, freeze and shutdown patterns and collaboratively build a toolbox of somatic interventions to help you feel regulated and grounded. 

  • Parts Work explores different ‘parts’ of you that exist and shape how you show up in your life. In this modality we will get curious about these parts and use them to understand your internal experiences to build self-compassion, insight and understanding.