About Elisabeth
Elisabeth Burn is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with 10 years of experience in community mental health. She brings calm, steady support when people are facing major stress or life changes. Elisabeth focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and relationships clearer.
She helps people who struggle with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction. She also works with concerns around parenting, intimacy, grief, self-esteem, and career shifts.
How Elisabeth works
Additional focus areas include blended family issues, caregiver stress, body image, and immigration-related stress. Her style is warm and interactive. Elisabeth listens without judgment and treats people with respect and compassion.
Sessions are collaborative - she and the client set goals together and adjust the plan as needed. Elisabeth uses straightforward methods such as cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful thinking patterns, dialectical skills for emotion regulation, and client-centered conversation to build insight. She also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people stay focused and take steps toward change.
Therapy sessions aim to be practical and strengths based. Elisabeth helps clients break problems into manageable parts and practice new skills between sessions. She supports people through transitions and recovery, offering coaching-style guidance when helpful.
Elisabeth lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Elisabeth works with
The areas below are the ones Elisabeth 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
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| 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
How Elisabeth Uses Goal-Focused Approaches Online
Elisabeth commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to help manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work she does with each person. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor techniques to fit those needs. This collaborative process helps decide whether skill practice, thought work, or supportive conversation will be emphasized.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work well for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into everyday life.
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