Rekeeshella Elder, LMFT

Rekeeshella Elder is an LMFT licensed in California with nine years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, and low self-esteem. She also works with attachment and abandonment worries and with people coping with chronic illness or caregiver strain.

Her approach is practical and conversational. Sessions focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and trying different ways of responding. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as one core method to notice thinking that feeds anxiety or avoidance.

Rekeeshella also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take action that matters to them. Emotionally-Focused Therapy informs work on relationship patterns and communication. Solution-Focused techniques support shorter-term goals and clear steps forward.

In a session she listens first, then works with each person to set goals and small experiments to try between meetings. She pays attention to family-of-origin dynamics and communication problems that often underlie recurring conflicts. Practical skills for coping with grief, loss, and chronic pain are part of her work.

People who come to Rekeeshella often want concrete changes in how they relate to others or manage stress. She offers straightforward tools, regular check-ins on progress, and adjustments to the plan as needed. The emphasis is on doing things differently and testing what works in daily life.

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