About Eliot
Eliot Rosenstock is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, grief, and relationship issues. He supports those facing addiction, ADHD, trauma, intimacy struggles, and questions about identity and purpose. Eliot aims for clear, practical change rather than rearranging who someone is.
He works in a conversational and direct style. Sessions blend talk about current problems with attention to thoughts, emotions, and deeper patterns that repeat in relationships and self-image.
How Eliot works
He uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thinking and learn new ways to cope with intense feelings. Eliot draws on psychodynamic ideas about how past experience shapes present life alongside cognitive-behavioral tools that teach concrete skills for emotion regulation. He also incorporates mindfulness practices to help people calm racing thoughts and be more present.
Solution-focused methods help set short-term goals and measure progress. In sessions, the focus is on what a person wants to change. Eliot works with clients to set clear goals and practical steps toward them.
He aims for therapy that feels relevant to daily life and produces steady improvements in mood, sleep, and relationships. Eliot has eight years of clinical experience as an LMFT. He offers appointments for people in California and accepts clients from other locations as an international option.
Sessions are held in English and use a mix of formats to fit different schedules.
Eliot lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Eliot works with
The areas below are the ones Eliot selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Eliot’s approaches fit into online therapy
Psychodynamic work looks at patterns from earlier life that keep repeating now. It helps people understand why certain feelings or relationships feel familiar, and it can reduce repetitive reactions that cause pain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build better habits for mood, sleep, and anxiety management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, provides skills for handling intense emotions and impulsive behavior. It includes techniques for distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work. Eliot will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then tailor methods together. The process is collaborative and often combines insight with concrete skill-building.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can fit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or moments when writing out thoughts is easier. These options make therapy more flexible and help people fit sessions into busy lives.
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