Elana Clark-Faler, LCSW, CSAT, founder of Wholeness & Health, specializes in working with professionals who engage in addictive behaviors to escape their stress or pain. Addictive behaviors may include, sex/love addiction, chemical dependency, and excessive worry.

Elana uses a holistic health approach--which means helping people find balance in mind, body and soul. A large component of her approach focuses on awareness, education and experiential change. She works from a strength base approach, which means she draws from the client’s strengths to create change in other areas of their lives.

Elana has worked for and consulted at numerous agencies and hospitals in Chicago and Los Angeles, supporting a diverse clientele that ranges across socio-economic, ethnic, and gender lines. She provides services for individuals, groups, couples, and offers seminars and trainings for the public.

• Trained in various techniques such as:
  • Dialectical-Behavioral Treatment
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Post-Induction Treatment
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment
  • Certified Sex/Love Addiction Therapist
  • Existential Interpersonal Group Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy

• I'm a member of the following organizations:
  • Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
  • International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals
  • National Association of Social Workers
  • Women's Association for Addiction Treatment
  • Los Angeles Group Psychotherapy Society
  • Group Psychotherapy Association of Southern California
  • American Group Psychotherapy Association