Elana Colton

I am an LCSW from Brooklyn, EMDR certified and somatic, DBT and CBT trained, among others. I became a social worker after being a teacher for several years as an outgrowth of real desire to help my students on a psycho-emotional level after seeing the distress some of them went through during the school day. However, that script was flipped completely once I began working in an outpatient setting where I found that my real skill is talk therapy!

I take an eclectic approach to providing therapy by drawing on multiple evidence based treatments to best tailor my approach with a client. It is my belief that incorporating techniques from across different modalities best addresses the client as a whole. I expect clients to show up to the best of their ability and ask and answer hard questions.

Clients can expect to benefit from concrete skill building, analysis and insight development. Using the modality of talk therapy, I will initially connect with you on a personal level by asking lots of questions, using humor :) and giving you the chance to ask questions about me and how I work. Once we get into it and you've let me know what you'd like to work on, we will devise the best treatment plan for you, together.