Elaine Messarra, LPC

Elaine Messarra, MS, LPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with 26 years of experience providing psychotherapy. Her background includes private practice and virtual work, along with offering individual therapy to residents in nursing homes and assisted living settings. She also spent 20 years as a teacher and school counselor, and she holds a special place in her work for educators and teachers.

Elaine offers individual therapy for adults ages 18 and older. Her style is client-centered and paced to match each person’s needs, with a focus on active listening, patience, and empathy. She approaches counseling with an emphasis on whole-person wellness in both mind and body, helping clients process thoughts and emotions through supportive therapeutic conversation.

For clients who want it, Elaine can incorporate Christian faith into sessions through faith-based, Bible-based counseling and prayer, viewing religious faith as a potential source of comfort, grounding, and healing. She works with concerns that include stress and anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, relationship and communication challenges, boundaries, divorce and separation, life transitions, caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, chronic illness and pain, and later-life issues such as dementia and end-of-life concerns. Elaine aims to create a judgment-free, no-shame space where clients can feel heard, validated, and understood as they take steps toward a more fulfilling life.