About Elisa
Elisa Mantel-Smith uses a client-centered approach to guide people through hard moments. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW-R, based in New York with ten years of experience. Elisa listens first and helps each person name what matters most to them.
She often combines client-centered work with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy. That means she helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small changes to see what works.
How Elisa works
She also draws on emotionally-focused and trauma-focused methods when relationships or past hurts are central concerns. Elisa has worked with concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting strain, and addiction. She supports people coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and self-esteem struggles.
Her practice includes additional areas like adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, caregiver stress, fertility and cancer-related issues, and eating and body-image concerns. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful. Conversations move between understanding feelings and testing practical steps.
People often leave with specific strategies to try between meetings and a clearer sense of their priorities. Elisa offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to meet different needs. She speaks English and practices in New York as an LCSW-R, helping clients find manageable ways forward.
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What Elisa works with
The areas below are the ones Elisa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW-R |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approach-driven care for online therapy
Elisa often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely to what each person says and responding in a warm, nonjudgmental way to build trust and clarity. This approach helps when someone needs space to sort out feelings and decide what matters to them.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and then tries small, practical experiments to change what isn't working. CBT can be especially useful for anxiety, panic, low mood, and challenges with motivation or unhelpful thinking.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Elisa will work together with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as needs change. Sessions are meant to combine understanding with concrete steps that can be practiced between meetings.
Online therapy here includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation while phone sessions can be a simpler option that uses less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing written reflection between sessions. These options add flexibility so therapy can fit around work, parenting, or other daily demands.
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