About Elia
Elia Ayuso is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in Florida. She speaks English and Spanish and aims to help people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or life transitions. Her approach is practical and direct, with an emphasis on building skills that are useful day to day.
She has five years of clinical experience and often works with people facing grief, anger, self-esteem concerns, and attention challenges.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable steps. Elia adapts conversations and plans to match each person's situation. Elia uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses.
She blends short-term skill work with strategies to stay steadier under pressure. The work tends to be interactive rather than lecture-based. She pays attention to cultural context and aims to treat everyone with respect and sensitivity.
People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental stance and practical suggestions for right away use. Elia supports clients who are dealing with relationship communication problems, isolation, body image concerns, obsessive thoughts, panic, and the fallout of divorce or separation. She helps people prioritize what matters and plan small, concrete changes that add up over time.
How CBT and Mindfulness work online
Online sessions with Elia use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness in ways that translate well to remote care. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to see what helps. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and repetitive worries.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. Those techniques help with stress, anger, and staying present during hard moments. Both approaches emphasize practical exercises that people can try between sessions and report back on during follow-ups.
Finding the right fit is part of the process. Elia will work together with each person to choose which strategies to try first based on goals and preferences. That collaborative planning includes checking what helps and adjusting the plan over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat formats let people check in or have shorter, frequent exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish