About Elisa
Elisa Shevlin-Reynolds helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and trauma. She works with concerns around parenting, relationships, depression, career changes, and compassion fatigue. Elisa brings calm and practical support to everyday struggles.
She uses straightforward conversation to uncover what matters most to each person. Sessions focus on skills people can use outside of therapy. She mixes ways of working to match the client’s goals and situation.
Elisa has 22 years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
How Elisa works
She practices in New York and has supported people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, aging concerns, and difficult life transitions. Her background includes work with trauma, abuse, and attachment-related challenges. Her style is warm and respectful.
She listens without judgment and helps people build clearer boundaries, better communication, and stronger coping tools. Sessions move at a pace that feels manageable for each person. Techniques she draws on include cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, acceptance-based strategies to live with difficult feelings, and motivated conversation to help people take meaningful steps.
She also uses client-centered principles to keep the focus on what the person values and wants to change. Elisa aims to make therapy practical and relevant. People leave sessions with small, doable actions and clearer next steps.
Her work is grounded in many years of clinical experience and a commitment to steady, compassionate support.
Elisa lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small steps toward a more meaningful life, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, low mood, and problem-solving. Client-Centered Therapy centers on empathy and respect, giving people space to tell their story while the therapist reflects and supports their own insights.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to goals and concerns and suggest methods that fit personality, needs, and life demands. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people see facial cues and use a more traditional session format. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, and more frequent contact between appointments. These options help therapy fit into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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