Elisa Carlino , LCSW

Elisa Carlino is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 12 years of clinical experience. She has supported children, teens, young professionals, parents, and entire families in a range of settings including clinics, hospitals, and schools, and she also provides online counseling to expand access to care.

Her practice focuses on anxiety and stress, depression, parenting and family systems, ADHD, trauma and abuse, job coaching, and women’s health and reproductive concerns. Elisa combines practical skills training with compassionate guidance to help people manage life changes, improve relationships, navigate career transitions, and build long-lasting coping strategies. She explains that an LCSW is a license for clinical social work, reflecting advanced training in assessment, psychotherapy, and community-based care.

Elisa works in a collaborative, supportive style that resembles a trusted guide - helping clients learn tools they can use for a lifetime while attending to the therapeutic relationship as an essential part of healing. She aims to make therapy approachable and, when appropriate, even enjoyable, meeting people where they are and tailoring interventions to each client’s needs. Elisa conducts therapy in English and Italian and brings a broad background across clinical and community environments to her work.

Practical Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Elisa frequently integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into online work. ACT focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that align with personal values - it can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relational patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses - it often helps with intimacy issues, relationship conflict, and attachment concerns. CBT is a skills-focused approach that helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is commonly used for depression, anxiety, and problems with coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Elisa works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adapts interventions as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit care into busy schedules, to involve family members when appropriate, and to maintain continuity of support across locations. Licensed professionals can provide effective, structured treatment through these formats while tailoring pacing and tools to each client’s situation.