Elaine Gilmartin, LCSW

Elaine Gilmartin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with 10 years of clinical experience. She specializes in helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate family and relationship challenges, and address trauma and abuse. Elaine also works with parenting concerns, depression, eating-related issues, self-esteem struggles, and the transitions that come with major life changes. Her additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care matters, aging and geriatric issues, fertility and postpartum concerns, hoarding, hospice and end-of-life support, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety and phobia.

Elaine emphasizes a collaborative, respectful approach that centers each person’s goals and strengths. She creates an open environment where thoughts and feelings can be explored without fear of judgment and offers practical strategies alongside opportunities for deeper processing. Elaine recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and she aims to make the first steps as clear and supportive as possible. As a licensed clinician, she blends evidence-based methods with attention to each client’s unique history and needs to promote sustainable coping and meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Support and Online Access

Elaine uses a range of evidence-based techniques adapted to meet each person’s needs. She offers skills-based work that focuses on concrete tools for managing stress, anxiety, and panic - these strategies help with day-to-day coping and emotional regulation. She also provides trauma-informed support that allows for careful processing of past harm while building safety and resilience, which is helpful for people recovering from abuse or post-traumatic stress. In work with families and parents she applies collaborative, problem-solving methods to address communication, boundaries, and practical parenting challenges so family life can feel more manageable.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Elaine partners with clients to identify goals, test techniques, and adjust the plan as progress and preferences emerge, ensuring the work fits the individual’s values and circumstances.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - so therapy can fit around work, family, and other responsibilities. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home, and choose the format that feels most comfortable while working toward meaningful change with a licensed professional.