About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Kotkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) based in New York. She brings 35 years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on practical help for people facing emotional pain and life change. She uses straightforward, person-centered work to help people talk through addiction, trauma, depression, anxiety, and grief.
Sessions often focus on immediate coping skills, improving sleep, and rebuilding self-esteem. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue so daily life feels more manageable.
How Elizabeth works
Elizabeth blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing with trauma-focused methods to tailor care to each person’s needs. That combination helps people spot unhelpful thinking, practice different behaviors, and find motivation to change. She also draws on solution-focused techniques to set clear, short-term goals and track progress.
Her background includes long-term clinical practice in both New York and California, giving her perspective on many life stages and transitions. She helps people work through family of origin issues, codependency, divorce-related stress, and substance use concerns with calm, steady guidance. Elizabeth aims to create an easy-to-understand plan each person can use between sessions.
She focuses on practical tools, honest conversation, and realistic steps toward better sleep, reduced anxiety, and stronger relationships.
Elizabeth lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Elizabeth works with
The areas below are the ones Elizabeth selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them find their own solutions. This approach is useful for people needing a respectful, steady space to talk about grief, shame, or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. It teaches concrete skills such as tracking thought patterns, testing beliefs, and practicing new actions. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns tied to addiction.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It uses guided conversation to build motivation and readiness, which can be important for substance use and other behavior changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or for a personal check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, short coaching moments, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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