Elise Derevjanik, LMHC

Elise Derevjanik is a New York LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 15 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, parenting and relationship concerns, and supports people through life transitions and addictions. She also has focused experience in the perinatal period, including pregnancy, postpartum, fertility challenges, and pregnancy or infant loss.

Elise approaches sessions as a collaborative process. She uses clear, practical work to help people notice how family patterns shape current choices and feelings. That includes attention to family of origin issues and attachment questions when those come up in conversation.

Her practice draws on several evidence-based approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and try different strategies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify values and take small steps toward them. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current connections and self-understanding.

Sessions focus on small, doable changes and improving everyday functioning. Elise helps with parenting transitions, coping with grief or loss, and the practical side of mood and anxiety management. She also supports those navigating fertility and perinatal concerns.

Elise emphasizes working together to set goals and test what helps, rather than imposing a single method. People meet to talk through specific problems, practice new responses, and track what changes over time.

How Elise uses evidence-based approaches in remote work