About Celisa
Celisa Hardesty is a licensed independent social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and trauma. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on building strengths. Her tone is supportive and direct so people can take practical steps forward.
She has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns, including family conflict, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, motivation, and confidence.
Background and approach
She also has experience with autism and with clients who identify as LGBTQ+. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with attention to what a person wants to change. Her work emphasizes listening first, then creating a clear plan together.
That plan often includes small, manageable tasks to try between sessions. She aims to help people notice progress and build on what’s already working in their lives. Outside of work she enjoys animals, watching Ohio State Buckeyes games, horror movies, Harry Potter, reading, and travel.
Those interests shape a relaxed, human approach in sessions and can help people feel at ease. People who come to her can expect straightforward conversations about what matters most. The focus is on practical steps, steady support, and helping clients regain confidence and direction.
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Celisa uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes building skills to manage anxiety and stress through structured practice and gradual exposure to feared situations; this helps people reduce avoidance and increase confidence in daily activities. Another approach centers on processing trauma and upsetting experiences by creating safety, naming emotions, and developing new ways to respond when memories or triggers arise; it aims to reduce the intensity of those reactions and improve day-to-day functioning.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist listens to what matters most, reviews what has or hasn’t helped before, and adjusts methods to fit the client's goals and preferences. Clients are invited to try techniques and give feedback so the plan evolves together.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when it helps progress. Phone sessions can work well when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, brief coaching between appointments, or times when typing feels easier than speaking. These options can make regular work toward goals fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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