About Roberta
Roberta Gelfand is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Jersey who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, and life changes. She works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Roberta brings a calm, straightforward presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style is empathetic and client-centered while also being direct when needed.
How Roberta works
Sessions emphasize understanding what thoughts and behaviors are keeping someone stuck. Roberta helps people set clear, realistic goals and practices to move toward those goals between meetings. She draws on a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and client-centered techniques.
These methods guide conversations, teach skills, and help people shift unhelpful patterns over time. The plan in therapy is tailored to each person’s specific concerns and life situation. Roberta has five years of clinical experience as an LCSW in New Jersey.
She aims to make starting therapy easier by offering straightforward explanations and step-by-step goals. Her work often focuses on increasing self-awareness, building self-compassion, and developing coping tools that fit day-to-day life. People who reach out can expect a warm, nonjudgmental conversation that moves toward practical change.
Roberta supports clients as they navigate grief, attachment and family challenges, career stress, and decisions that follow major life events.
Roberta lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Roberta works with
The areas below are the ones Roberta selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New Jersey |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Roberta uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, meaningful steps that match those values, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions.She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot patterns of thinking and behavior that cause distress. CBT breaks concerns into manageable parts and teaches practical tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and habits, which often helps with worry, sleeping problems, and mood issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to client goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust the plan as progress is made. This collaborative process helps tailor techniques to what actually helps each person.
Online therapy is offered by licensed professionals through several formats: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video isn't ideal, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier, allow work during breaks, reduce commuting, and let people use the format that best fits their day-to-day needs.
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