Rekeeshella Elder, LMFT

Rekeeshella Elder is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She supports individuals struggling with relationship and family tensions, grief, low self-esteem, and motivation. Her approach is direct and respectful, with an emphasis on clear goals and steady progress.

She draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas are used to help clients notice difficult emotions and choose values-based actions. Client-centered and emotionally-focused techniques guide conversations so people feel heard and understood.

Sessions are tailored to each person. Rekeesshella listens first, then collaborates on a plan that fits current needs and life demands. She pays attention to family of origin issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, and problems that come up in blended families.

She also works with people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, communication and control issues, and the fallout from divorce or separation. Rekeesshella addresses complex situations like co-morbidity and domestic violence with care and practical steps toward safety and coping.

Over nine years of practice in California inform her steady, approachable style. Her emphasis is on helping people take realistic steps toward feeling more able and more connected. She frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on everyday changes.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Rekeesshella often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and practice different behaviors that reduce stress and anxiety. CBT is practical and focuses on skills you can use between sessions to change how you respond to problems.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people accept difficult feelings while clarifying what matters most to them. ACT supports moving toward values-based actions even when emotions are hard. Client-centered methods shape sessions so the person feels heard and the pace matches their needs.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. She works together with clients to figure out which methods fit their goals and daily life, and can blend ideas from different approaches as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what feels most useful.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is good for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.