Eli Manata Sloan

Eli Manata Sloan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with four years of clinical experience. Eli works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and those coping with major life changes. Sessions are offered in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

Eli approaches therapy from a trauma-aware, sex-positive perspective that affirms LGBTQIA+ identities. They welcome discussions about sexuality, intimacy, relationship structure, and identity. Eli uses expressive arts and parts work alongside conversation to help people make sense of difficult experiences.

Clients bring different challenges, from substance use and eating concerns to attachment or abandonment issues. Eli also supports people dealing with blended family tensions, caregiver stress, communication and control struggles, and separation or divorce. Work can include practical strategies and reflective exploration.

When people are stuck on questions of belonging or life direction, sessions can be an opportunity to try out new ways of relating and deciding. Eli names relational patterns, tracks how emotions show up, and offers creative exercises to shift stuck habits. Couples work uses ideas from the Gottman approach to address connection and difficult transitions.

Eli is a PhD student in Expressive Therapies and engages sex-therapy supervision through an AASECT-certified supervisor. They invite people to bring whole identities into sessions and to include on-screen pets if that feels right. To begin, readers are asked to use the site's matching tool and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Parts work helps identify different internal voices or aspects that influence decisions and emotional reactions. In sessions this can look like naming those parts, tracking when they show up, and practicing new responses to reduce conflict and reactivity. Expressive arts uses drawing, movement, or creative exercises to make feelings more visible and to shift stuck patterns; it can help when words alone feel limited. Gottman-informed ideas focus on improving communication and connection for couples, including skills for repair and planning transitions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Eli will collaborate with each person to test what fits their needs and goals. That means checking in about what techniques feel useful and adjusting plans as therapy progresses.

The profile states Eli offers virtual sessions throughout Florida. If you want to use online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Some techniques, like guided expressive exercises or parts-name work, adapt well to a video setting and can be used to practice new ways of relating between sessions.