- CBT strategies
- Client-centered work
- Motivational interviewing
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Kotkin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 35 years of experience. She works with people dealing with depression, trauma, grief, anxiety, anger, and life changes. She practices in New York and offers therapy in English.
She focuses on concrete problems people bring into sessions. That includes coping with addiction, social anxiety, isolation, shame, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also helps with parenting stress, sleep problems, and the strain of midlife adjustments.
Her work uses practical, evidence-informed methods. Elizabeth combines client-centered conversations with skills from cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. She helps people notice unhelpful patterns, test small changes, and build routines that reduce reactivity and frustration.
In sessions she listens for what matters most to each person and then works toward clear steps. That might mean setting short experiments to try between meetings, practicing new communication habits, or learning grounding skills for intense emotions. She also addresses trauma-related issues with approaches intended to reduce ongoing distress.
People often come for support after a breakup, a loss, or when coping feels overwhelming. Elizabeth draws on long experience to offer steady, straightforward guidance. To begin she asks about current concerns and what a better day would look like, then she and the client plan what to work on first.
How Elizabeth uses therapy methods in online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to a person. It helps people clarify their goals and feels useful when someone needs to be heard and make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep problems. Motivational Interviewing is a brief, goal-oriented approach that helps people resolve mixed feelings and find reasons to try change, often useful for addiction or behavior change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Elizabeth will talk with the client about their goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust the plan together. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on skills training, trauma work, or short experiments to shift behavior.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people use specific skill practices during a normal day, such as trying a new communication step between meetings and reviewing how it went with a therapist.
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Experience
35+ years
Listed in
New York, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger, addictions, relationship problems, and life transitions among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines client-centered conversation with practical techniques from CBT and motivational interviewing to help people change patterns and try small experiments.
How much experience does she have?
She has 35 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT licensed in California and New York and practices in New York.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.