Ilana Wahlder, LPC

Ilana Wahlder is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana with more than two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on guiding people through complex life transitions and emotional challenges, offering skilled support for stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and intimacy-related difficulties.

Her practice addresses a broad spectrum of issues, including relationship and family dynamics, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, addiction, and mood disorders. Ilana also works with clients on narrower but impactful themes such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, codependency, communication problems, fatherhood issues, fertility-related concerns, and feelings of isolation and shame.

Ilana draws on a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor care to each person. Her work integrates client-centered principles with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, existential therapy, and solution-focused methods. This blend supports emotional processing while building actionable coping strategies.

Her style is warm and inclusive, emphasizing self-compassion, clearer communication, and recovery from painful emotions like guilt and shame. She creates a respectful setting for exploring personal values, strengthening coping skills, and pursuing meaningful change, whether the focus is on career questions, relationship repair, or managing transitions across the lifespan.