Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Elise works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elise
Elise Derevjanik is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life changes. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space and works together with clients to set goals that feel doable.
Elise has 15 years of experience and practices from New York. She has particular experience supporting people during the perinatal period, including pregnancy, postpartum, fertility challenges, and coping after pregnancy or infant loss.
Background and approach
She also supports parents adjusting to new roles and identities after a child arrives. Her approach blends practical tools with attention to relationships and emotions. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot patterns and shift unhelpful thinking.
Mindful acceptance strategies help people tolerate difficult feelings while moving toward what matters to them. Attachment-focused work and emotionally-focused methods are used to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Client-centered principles guide how sessions are paced and shaped around each person's needs and preferences.
Elise also supports people facing addictions, grief, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and relationship or communication problems. She emphasizes collaboration, clear steps, and small changes that build over time. If someone wants practical support and a steady, understanding therapist, Elise aims to provide that steady presence.
What Elise works with
Everything Elise lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elise's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Elise lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online care
Elise blends cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people manage difficult thoughts and take small, values-driven steps. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors, which can be practiced between sessions. ACT uses mindfulness and committed action to help people live toward what matters even while uncomfortable feelings are present.She also uses attachment-informed and emotionally-focused ideas to look at how relationships and emotional patterns affect daily life. These methods help people understand patterns in their connections and build new ways of relating. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process; she works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in practice.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins and flexible contact between scheduled appointments.
Questions people ask about Elise
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, and issues around fertility and the perinatal period.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered with practical tools. She mixes cognitive behavioral work with mindfulness and emotionally-focused techniques.
What background and experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of clinical experience and has worked extensively with people during pregnancy, postpartum, and fertility challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - licensed in New York and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.