Elizabeth Kotkin

Elizabeth Kotkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who practices in New York and holds authorization to practice in California as well. She brings 35 years of clinical experience to her work with individuals and families.

She spent roughly half of her career in the San Francisco Bay Area, working with families affected by alcohol and drug issues, trauma survivors, and adults coping with depression. Her practice includes a long-standing emphasis on inner child work and assistance for those struggling with codependency and family-of-origin challenges.

Kotkin trained with John Bradshaw and went on to design and direct one of his programs in the Bay Area. She returned to her hometown of New York City in 2009 and has continued to work with clients in both New York and California since that time.

Her therapeutic style is warm, empathic, and collaborative. She listens in a nonjudgmental atmosphere and tailors interventions to what works best for each person, using a motivational approach that emphasizes mutually agreed-upon goals and practical solutions.

She focuses on counseling individuals and families impacted by alcohol, drug, or other addictive problems and specializes in treatment for survivors of abuse and trauma. Her work with adults is grounded in a strength-based, trauma-informed framework.

Her specialties include addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression, stress and anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, intimacy-related concerns, sleep disorders, parenting issues, anger management, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.