Elisa Shevlin-Reynolds

Elisa Shevlin-Reynolds is a New York licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 22 years of practice supporting people through complex life transitions and difficult emotional experiences. She works with concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, grief, parenting, and compassion fatigue. Her additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, eating and body image concerns, and first responder issues.

Her clinical approach draws on several evidence-informed methods: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Focused Therapy, and client-centered techniques. Shevlin-Reynolds integrates these modalities to tailor treatment plans around a person’s specific circumstances and goals, offering options that attend to both skills development and trauma recovery.

Based in New York, she has experience working with people at different life stages, from young adults to those navigating midlife transitions and caregiving for aging parents. She also offers faith-based therapy experience for those who wish to include spiritual or faith perspectives in their work. Her practice emphasizes respectful, nonjudgmental collaboration and practical steps suited to each individual.