About Elise
Elise Derevjanik is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She greets clients with warmth and acceptance and aims to make therapy a collaborative, judgment-free place. Elise works with concerns around parenting, relationships, addiction, and perinatal challenges including pregnancy, postpartum, fertility issues, and pregnancy or infant loss.
Elise takes a practical approach in sessions. She listens first and helps people set clear goals that feel achievable.
How Elise works
She uses evidence-informed methods to help clients manage symptoms, change unhelpful patterns, and build new coping skills. Clients can expect conversations about thoughts, feelings, and relationship patterns. Elise helps people notice what matters most to them and then practice steps that align with those values.
She also supports parents as they adjust to new roles and identities after a baby arrives. Her background includes work with mood disorders, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and issues related to self-esteem and intimacy. She draws on a mix of approaches so interventions match each person’s situation and goals.
Elise is based in New York and holds a New York LMHC, which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Sessions are offered in English and available through several online formats to fit different needs.
Elise lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Elise works with
The areas below are the ones Elise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Elise uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions that match what matters, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions shape relationships and helps people change negative cycles and deepen connection, which can help with intimacy and communication concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Elise treats therapy as a collaboration and will work with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. She may combine techniques over time so work stays practical and relevant to current challenges.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to fit brief check-ins into a busy day or to reflect in writing rather than speaking. These options help people access therapy from different places and schedules.
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