Elise Derevjanik , LMHC

Elise Derevjanik is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in New York with 15 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and blended family issues, and major life transitions, and she brings additional expertise in adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, and family-of-origin dynamics.

Elise has extensive experience in the perinatal period, supporting clients through pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, fertility challenges, trying-to-conceive journeys, pregnancy or infant loss, and the shifts in identity that follow becoming a parent. She also assists clients with coping skills for grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood management, ADHD, career concerns, and compassion fatigue among caregivers and helping professionals.

Her approach emphasizes warmth, sensitivity, acceptance and compassion, and she views therapy as a collaborative process where goals and methods are tailored to each person. As an LMHC - a licensed provider trained to offer psychotherapy and counseling - she integrates evidence-informed techniques to empower clients to build resilience, clarify values, improve communication, and pursue a more fulfilling life. Elise welcomes clients with a nonjudgmental stance and supports them through each step of change and healing.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Elise offers online therapy informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based approaches, delivered in ways that fit modern life. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on making space for difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters most to you - it helps with stress, anxiety, mood concerns, and life transitions by building psychological flexibility. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of relating that began in early relationships and helps clients develop more secure connections and healthier communication, which is useful for family issues, parenting challenges, intimacy concerns, and trauma recovery. She also draws on Client-Centered principles that prioritize empathy, unconditional positive regard and collaboration to create a supportive environment where clients feel heard and respected.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Elise works with clients to assess needs, preferences and goals, and together they tailor methods and pace so therapy fits the person rather than forcing a specific model.

Online sessions - including video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging - offer practical flexibility for busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities and those balancing work and family. These options make it easier to connect with licensed professionals from home or other convenient settings while maintaining continuity of care and momentum toward personal goals.