Elissa Olson, LIMHP, LMHP
Nebraska · 17 years in practice
Elissa Olson is a licensed mental health professional in Nebraska with 17 years of experience.
License and registration
- LIMHP, Nebraska
- 855 · expires September 2026
- LMHP, Nebraska
- 3715 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1700138344 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Elissa
Elissa Olson is a licensed mental health professional in Nebraska with 17 years of experience. She has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings and focuses on helping people facing long-term mental health and substance use challenges. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.
Her work emphasizes practical conversation and steady support. Sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals. She encourages small steps toward clearer thinking and better daily routines.
Background and approach
Elissa uses a mix of approaches to help people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, and stress. She also helps with relationship strains, grief, parenting concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and attention-related challenges. Her practice includes care for those coping with chronic illness, caregiving burdens, and career-related stress.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She listens carefully and adjusts tools and exercises based on what is working. People leave sessions with things to try between meetings and a plan for moving forward.
Elissa works from a foundation of respect for each person’s background and beliefs. She aims to empower people to make meaningful changes and to build skills that fit their life. The focus is on realistic, day-to-day improvements rather than quick fixes.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elissa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elissa names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Elissa’s Approaches Translate Online
Elissa draws on Existential Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. Existential Therapy helps people look at meaning, choices, and what matters most when life feels overwhelming. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply and shaping the work around the person’s own pace and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical strategies for managing mood and behavior.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Elissa will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. That conversation guides which methods and exercises are tried first, and adjustments are made as needed in collaboration with the client.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be lighter on bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or text messaging supports brief check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while juggling work, school, caregiving, or travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Elissa commonly address?
She helps people with addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and stress. Other areas include relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting, sleep and eating struggles, ADHD, and caregiver strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Elissa uses a collaborative, straightforward approach. She listens closely and tailors conversation and exercises to each person’s daily life and goals.
How long has she practiced?
She has 17 years of professional experience working in both inpatient and outpatient settings with chronic and pervasive mental health and substance use concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
Elissa holds NE LIMHP and NE LMHP credentials and practices in Nebraska.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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