Elia Calderon, LMFT

Elia Calderon is a California-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 12 years of experience. She works with adults on concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, anger, self-esteem, and ADHD. She also supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and questions about life purpose.

Elia spent a large part of her career working in school settings with students ages 6 to 18, and she also has experience working directly with adults. That background informs how she notices patterns that begin in childhood and later affect relationships, work, and daily functioning. She uses practical strategies aimed at small, manageable changes.

Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy. In practice she helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and set short-term goals. Sessions typically include clear steps you can try between meetings and discussion of what did or didn't work.

Elia pays attention to communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and the stresses that come with parenting and caregiving. She also works with people dealing with compassion fatigue and social anxiety. Conversations focus on specific problems and straightforward ways to respond to them.

People who reach out are invited to describe what feels off and what matters most now. She asks about current routines, relationships, and sources of stress. From there she helps shape an initial plan and regular checkpoints to see progress and adjust as needed.

How her online approach uses CBT and solution-focused work