- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Parenting challenges
About Elisa
Elisa Shevlin-Reynolds is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 22 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strains, relationship concerns, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with career uncertainty and coping with life changes.
Her sessions focus on practical conversation and observable steps. She uses methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and client-centered work to help people notice patterns and try different responses. Conversations often include skills practice, values clarification, and testing new behaviors between meetings.
Elisa pays attention to how family roles and communication affect daily life. She helps people who face blended family issues, caregiver stress, aging or geriatric concerns, and the emotional effects of chronic illness or disability. She also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, dissociation, body image, eating issues, and emptiness.
In practical terms, sessions involve goal setting, simple exercises, and feedback about what is changing. She supports people navigating divorce and separation, commitment or control struggles, and problems with trust or communication. Work with her can include addressing anger and avoidant personality patterns in ways that fit a client’s life.
Elisa offers therapy in English and works from a long clinical background that blends several approaches. Cost varies with location and sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Elisa uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in ways that fit everyday problems. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small actions that align with those values, which can help when a life change leaves someone unsure what matters next. CBT targets unhelpful thoughts and habits, and adds practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and acting.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked before. Together they decide which approaches to emphasize and how to structure sessions to be useful and manageable.
Session format details are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time that might otherwise get in the way of regular meetings. Elisa’s focus is on making sessions practical so people can apply what they try in daily life.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and compassion fatigue, plus relationship and parenting challenges.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical, using skills practice, values clarification, and behavior experiments to help people try new approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience as a practicing therapist in New York.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LCSW and practices in New York.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as session formats are not specified in the biography.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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