Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Elisa works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW-R
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Elisa
Elisa Mantel-Smith is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a person-centered way of working. She combines practical tools with steady support to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life changes. Elisa listens first and helps clients set clear goals for what they want to change.
She has ten years of experience helping people with grief, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, and substance concerns. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver strain, and health-related concerns such as cancer and fertility stress.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with eating and body image struggles, obsessive thoughts, panic, phobias, and ADHD-related difficulties. In sessions she draws on client-centered therapy to follow each person's pace and priorities. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors.
Emotionally-focused and trauma-informed methods help when past events or intense emotions get in the way of daily life. Elisa practices in New York and holds the LCSW-R credential, which she uses while working with individuals. She offers a straightforward approach that balances practical strategies with emotional support.
Her manner is calm and direct, and she aims to help people build skills they can use between sessions. People who reach out can expect a collaborative process that focuses on concrete steps toward better coping and clearer relationships. Elisa helps clients find ways to reduce strong reactions, communicate more effectively, and regain a sense of control.
What Elisa works with
Everything Elisa lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Elisa's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Elisa lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Elisa often uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in remote work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead, helping people feel heard and setting goals that matter to them. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small experiments to change behaviors and mood, which can be helpful for anxiety, anger, and depression.She treats the choice of approach as a joint decision. The therapist and client review concerns, personal goals, and what feels most useful, then pick strategies together. That collaborative process can shift over time as needs change or as different techniques are tried.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can fit a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let clients send notes between sessions or use brief check-ins during a busy week. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while keeping the focus on practical, skills-based progress.
Questions people ask about Elisa
What concerns does Elisa commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship and family problems, parenting strain, addictions, trauma, and related concerns such as body image, OCD, and panic.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then uses practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and trauma-informed approaches to meet each person's goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with individuals, families, and groups on health, fertility, loss, and other life challenges.
Where does she practice and what are her credentials?
She practices in New York and holds the LCSW-R credential for social work in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.