About Elisa
Elisa Carlino is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage anxiety, depression, ADHD, parenting stress, grief, and relationship struggles. She speaks English and Italian and practices from New York with twelve years of experience. She aims to be a steady, practical presence for people trying to get through hard moments.
Elisa blends straightforward coaching with therapeutic work. Sessions often focus on simple tools clients can use between meetings.
Background and approach
She treats conversations like problem-solving with compassion, teaching coping skills while also addressing underlying patterns. Her background includes work in clinics, hospitals, and schools and a mix of online and in-person settings. That variety informs a flexible approach that adapts to a person's daily life and responsibilities.
She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to help manage thoughts and reactions. Elisa also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build meaningful action. Attachment‑based ideas guide work on communication and closeness in relationships.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone wants practical momentum toward change. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. People leave with concrete next steps they can try between sessions.
The tone is warm and direct, like working with a supportive guide who expects effort and offers steady encouragement.
How her approaches work online
Elisa commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when working with online clients. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions that align with those values, which can help with motivation and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing different behaviors, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing ADHD-related routines.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped before, then tailor methods to fit those needs. Clients and the therapist check in regularly and adjust strategies based on progress and feedback.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and messaging can be used for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options let people choose the format that best suits their schedule and communication style.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English, Italian
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