Therapist profile
Elizabeth Paul, LICSW, LCSW
New York
LICSW and LCSW - Relationships and Trauma
Continue with ElizabethWhere Elizabeth stands
- Credentials
- LICSW, LCSW
- License
- LCSW, New York / 100866; LICSW, Massachusetts / LICSW1142967; LCSW, Maine / LC25627
- NPI
- 1609548783
- Experience
- 5 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New York
About
- Relationship patterns
- Attachment work
- Somatic awareness
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Paul is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a New York Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults and young adults on stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, family concerns, and depression. She lists codependency among the issues she helps people address.
Elizabeth uses a collaborative and direct style in sessions. She focuses on spotting recurring patterns such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, and feeling disconnected. Conversations are practical and grounded. She aims to help people notice what keeps them stuck and try different ways of relating to themselves and others.
Her approach draws on evidence-based and relational methods and she includes family systems, attachment-focused work, and somatic awareness in her practice. In sessions she helps people build emotional regulation skills and practical insight. She also works with questions of identity, sexuality, and nontraditional relationship structures when those issues come up.
Clients can expect a conversational tone paired with concrete tools. Elizabeth talks through feelings, supports experiments in boundaries and behavior change, and follows each person’s pace. She avoids pathologizing language and prefers straightforward discussion about what is working and what is not.
Elizabeth practices in New York and offers sessions in English. Her background includes helping people through life transitions, creative burnout, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, and family of origin problems. She also addresses complex topics such as BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture in a nonjudgmental way.
How sessions work
Approaches used remotely and how they help
Elizabeth draws on evidence-based and relational methods. Attachment-focused work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people identify how early bonds shape current reactions; it can help with trust, boundaries, and feeling more connected. Family systems work examines how family roles and histories affect behavior and communication; it helps people notice recurring dynamics and try new ways of interacting. Somatic awareness invites attention to bodily signals like tension or dissociation and uses simple body-based practices to support regulation and grounding.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. That conversation guides whether sessions emphasize relational mapping, body awareness, or skill-building exercises.
The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also make it possible to continue work during life transitions without changing providers, and they let people try different approaches while keeping therapy fitted to everyday life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
New York, Massachusetts, Maine
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and depression. Codependency and related patterns such as people-pleasing and boundary difficulties are listed among her focus areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a collaborative and direct approach that is conversational and practical. Sessions emphasize noticing patterns, learning emotional regulation skills, and trying concrete changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working in clinical settings with adults and young adults. That experience includes addressing family dynamics, trauma, and relationship issues.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She holds an MA LICSW and is a New York LCSW. She practices in New York.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during scheduling.
How do I get started with booking a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session. That process begins the initial matching and scheduling steps.
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