You don’t have to be in crisis to deserve support.

Elo Healing is a therapy practice built for the people who hold everything together — and the ones who are finally ready to put something down.

We offer warm, trauma-informed, culturally aware therapy for women, children, and families in Florida. And for those who need more structured support, our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program brings the Elo experience into your home.

You’ve been looking for someone who gets it. You found the link.

“Elo” is a Portuguese word. It means link, chain, connection. Because healing was never meant to happen alone — it happens in the space between reaching out and being met.

The link between where you are and where you want to be

You Belong Here

Elo Healing was built for the people who carry too much quietly.

Women navigating identity, burnout, and the weight of holding it all together

Children who need a safe, attuned adult in their corner

Immigrants building new chapters while honoring where they come from

Families working to understand each other across generations

High-functioning professionals whose inner world is finally asking to be heard

Anyone who has been searching for a therapist who truly gets it

What We Treat

We work with a wide range of concerns — always with warmth, clinical depth, and cultural understanding.

Depressive DisordersAnxiety DisordersTrauma-Related DisordersAttachment IssuesFamily & Relationship IssuesAddiction & Substance Use DisordersImmigrant Mental HealthADHDCareer CounselingAnd More

How We Can Help

Every service is built on the same foundation: connection, depth, and cultural fluency.

Therapy Services

Individual Therapy

A grounded, relational space for adults navigating anxiety, attachment, identity, and the patterns that no longer serve them.

Child & Family Therapy

Compassionate care for children and the families working to understand each other across generations.

Couples Therapy

Support for partners seeking to understand their relational patterns and build something that feels honest and safe.

Additional Services

Groups & Workshops

Community-centered healing spaces built on shared experience, emotional education, and genuine connection.

Immigration Evaluations

Thorough, culturally sensitive psychological evaluations for immigration proceedings, conducted with care and clinical rigor.

Coming Soon

Virtual IOP

Structured support that honors your humanity. Our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program is coming soon.

A warm, sunlit room with woven chairs and a candle — a safe space for healing

The Reconnection Framework

At its deepest level, Elo Healing is about reconnection. Every service, every post, every word serves one of these ten reconnection points.

Reconnection to selfReconnection to safetyReconnection to emotional regulationReconnection to identityReconnection to belongingReconnection to familyReconnection to supportReconnection to healingReconnection to communityReconnection to hope

Meet Your Therapists

The people behind Elo Healing bring lived experience, clinical depth, and genuine warmth to every session.

Laura Ferreira — Founding clinician at Elo Healing

Laura Ferreira

Founding Clinician · RMHCI

Relational and depth-oriented therapy for adults navigating anxiety, attachment, identity, and the quiet grief of living between two worlds.

Alessa Vivas — Registered Mental Health Intern at Elo Healing

Alessa Vivas

Registered Mental Health Intern

Compassionate, culturally responsive therapy grounded in lived experience — available in English and Tagalog.

What Makes Elo Different

Generic therapy practice

Treats symptoms. Elo honors the story that created them.

Corporate behavioral health

Feels polished and distant. Elo feels human and present.

Instagram therapist aesthetic

Performs safety through quotes. Elo actually builds it through depth.

Monocultural practice

Expects cultural assimilation. Elo honors identity as clinical material.

The first step is often the hardest.

You’ve been researching therapists, reading bios, looking for someone who feels right. If something here resonated, we’d love to hear from you. There is no pressure and no commitment — just a conversation to see if the connection feels right.

Reach Out