Elizabeth Paul, LICSW, LCSW - Therapist in New York

About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Paul is a licensed psychotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and family challenges. She uses a steady, direct, and compassionate style. Sessions aim to make sense of repeating patterns and reduce overwhelming feelings.

Her approach is collaborative and tailored to each person. Elizabeth draws on evidence-based methods and relational ideas. She blends family systems thinking with attachment-focused work to look at how relationships shape current problems.

Background and approach

She also uses EMDR and somatic awareness to address the ways trauma lives in the body. Therapy with her balances practical skills and emotional exploration. People often come to her when they feel stuck, disconnected, or trapped by recurring patterns like people-pleasing, shame, or perfectionism.

She also addresses caregiver stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and challenges tied to gender identity or alternative sexual cultures. Conversations are straightforward and respectful. Her sessions aim to help people build clearer communication, stronger boundaries, and better emotional regulation.

She encourages curiosity about family of origin issues and the effects of past losses or separation. Work can involve both insight and concrete coping tools. Elizabeth holds MA level clinical social work licenses: LICSW (MA LICSW LICSW1142967) and LCSW in New York (NY LCSW 100866).

She practices in New York and conducts therapy in English.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Elizabeth uses a few evidence-based approaches that adapt well to remote sessions. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories; in online sessions it involves guided eye movements or other bilateral stimulation alongside talk work to reduce emotional intensity. Family systems work looks at how patterns and roles in relationships affect current problems and can be done over video to include multiple family members or to explore interaction patterns remotely.

She also draws on attachment-focused and somatic awareness techniques. Attachment-informed work helps identify relational patterns and their roots in earlier relationships, while somatic awareness helps a person notice bodily signals tied to stress or trauma. These approaches aim to help people feel more regulated and connected to their own reactions, and they translate into practical in-session exercises and homework between meetings.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative planning happens during early sessions and is revisited as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions work for straightforward check-ins when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief, ongoing support between sessions. Together these options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity of care regardless of location.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family problems, and parenting or family transitions.

What is her general therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative, direct, and compassionate, blending conversation with practical skill building and emotional exploration.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of clinical experience working with adults, couples, and families on relational and trauma-related concerns.

What credentials and where does she practice?

She holds MA-level clinical social work licenses: LICSW (MA LICSW LICSW1142967) and LCSW in New York (NY LCSW 100866). She practices in New York.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the country work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible meeting options.

How does pricing and getting started work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Experience: 5 years
Licensed: New York, Massachusetts, Maine
Languages: English

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