- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Maine
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Elaine
Elaine Gilmartin is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice. She practices in New York and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and relationship struggles. She uses a straightforward, calm style in sessions.
Elaine encourages open conversation so people can speak about worries and hard feelings without judgment. She aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive. Her work covers a range of concerns that often overlap in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
That includes depression, coping with life changes, and self-esteem issues. She also helps people facing trauma and abuse, panic attacks, social anxiety, and postpartum depression. Elaine has additional experience with adoption and foster care questions, fertility and aging issues, hoarding, and hospice and end-of-life concerns.
She brings practical problem-solving alongside space to reflect on emotions. Sessions tend to balance immediate coping strategies with longer-term goals. Sessions are offered in English and delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Costs vary by location and therapist availability, and services use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules with Elaine according to availability.
What Elaine works with
Everything Elaine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Elaine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Fertility issues
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
Evidence-based methods and online care
Elaine draws on well-established therapeutic techniques that focus on clear steps and emotional processing. One common approach helps people learn coping skills and behavioral strategies for anxiety and panic so they can reduce overwhelming reactions and handle day-to-day stress more effectively. Another approach centers on processing trauma and painful experiences by pacing conversations, building safety, and helping people make sense of strong emotions.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Elaine works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the work as progress is made. She treats therapy as a team effort where feedback guides the next steps.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video is useful for longer therapy work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging works for brief updates, quick coping suggestions, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and varied lifestyles.
Questions people ask about Elaine
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, family conflict, depression, relationship issues, eating and self-esteem concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions are conversational and down-to-earth, with space to talk through feelings and practical steps for managing symptoms and everyday problems.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Elaine has ten years of professional experience working in social work settings and supporting people with a variety of life and mental health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LCSW and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
Which formats are available for sessions?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are fees and starting steps handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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