Eli Manata Sloan, LCSW

Eli Manata Sloan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida with four years of clinical experience. Eli offers multilingual care in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese and focuses on clients facing midlife transitions, stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, and questions about identity and belonging.

They welcome people to bring their whole selves into sessions, including matters of sexuality, intimacy, and relationship change. Eli integrates expressive arts, parts work informed by Internal Family Systems, and attention to sexual health when relevant to a person's concerns. The practice is presented as LGBTQIA+-affirming and trauma-informed.

Work can cover repair after relational rupture, navigating separation or uncoupling with care, religious trauma, substance use, and identity or gender questions. When couples engage, Eli uses a Gottman-informed lens to look at connection and repair, and to plan separations thoughtfully when needed. They also pursue sex-therapy supervision from an AASECT-certified supervisor and approach sexual diversity from a multicultural, social-justice, and sex-positive perspective.

Eli is a PhD student in Expressive Therapies and offers virtual sessions throughout Florida. Sessions invite creative practices, conversational exploration, and practical steps tailored to the person's goals. On-screen pets are welcome during sessions.

To begin, a prospective client selects Start Therapy, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to the therapist's availability. The practice uses a cancellable subscription model for sessions.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Expressive arts methods invite creativity in sessions using drawing, writing, movement prompts, or other expressive exercises to help people access feelings and make sense of life changes. These techniques can be adapted for virtual meetings and often help when words alone feel insufficient.

Parts work informed by Internal Family Systems involves identifying different internal parts or voices and talking with them to reduce internal conflict. This approach can help with anxiety, attachment wounds, and decision points during midlife change by making internal patterns clearer and more manageable.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, comfort level, and daily life. That might mean trying a creative exercise one week and focusing on communication skills the next.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when days are tight. If being on camera is difficult, there are practical options to adjust how sessions are conducted; confirm which formats are offered when scheduling.