Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Roberta works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Roberta
Roberta Gelfand is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Jersey who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and life transitions. She works with concerns like relationship strain, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career stress. Roberta aims to make starting therapy as straightforward as possible for someone who is worried or unsure.
Her style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions are empathetic and client-centered, with clear, direct guidance when it’s needed.
Background and approach
She combines practical tools with space to talk through feelings and patterns that keep someone stuck. Roberta draws from several therapeutic approaches to fit each person’s needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on values and action, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking, and Mindfulness techniques to reduce reactivity and increase calm.
Motivational Interviewing and client-centered work support motivation and self-directed change. In sessions she helps set realistic goals and breaks problems into manageable steps. Topics covered include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication and control problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame.
Roberta also supports people dealing with compassion fatigue and aging-related stress. Roberta has five years of clinical experience and holds the LCSW credential. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to meet different needs.
Sessions are arranged through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to availability.
What Roberta works with
Everything Roberta lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Roberta's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- 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-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Roberta lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- 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.
Approaches that guide online work
Roberta commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters most and take small actions toward those values, even when feelings are hard. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life changes.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety, anger, and sleep or eating concerns. Mindfulness therapy is woven into sessions to teach simple attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity and support self-compassion.
Finding the right approach is something to do together. Roberta listens to a person’s goals and preferences, then tries techniques and adjusts the plan as needed. That collaborative process helps match methods to the real problems someone wants to solve.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for shorter check-ins, journaling between sessions, or when typed communication feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while still using evidence-based approaches.
Questions people ask about Roberta
What concerns does Roberta help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, relationship and parenting issues, grief, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and career struggles.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm and empathetic yet direct. She focuses on clear goals, practical steps, and creating space to talk through feelings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Roberta has five years of experience working with a range of mental health concerns and life changes.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licensure in New Jersey and provides services from that location.
Can people use languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Roberta offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How do session fees work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through 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 sessions based on therapist availability.