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Hello! My name is Elyse, I am licensed as a Clinical Mental Health Counselor through the state of NH and hold a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Rivier. My experience has mostly been with the “tween”, adolescent, and young adult population using a variety of solution focused, person-centered, DBT & CBT based approaches. Most recently I worked as a behavioral health clinician providing therapy to students within a high school setting. Prior to that I worked as a clinician on an assertive community treatment team for children and as a residential clinician with adolescents.
You're the one people call when things fall apart. You're good at it — steady, competent, the person who knows what to do. And somewhere along the way you stopped having anywhere to put your own stuff.
So you can run the meeting, hold the crisis, answer the phone at 2 a.m. — and still not be able to make yourself open the mail. Competence and collapse live together far more often than anyone admits out loud.
I work with adults carrying that particular load: substance use and recovery, emotions that arrive at full volume with no dimmer switch, thoughts of self-harm or not wanting to be here, and the specific erosion that comes from caring for other people for a living. Helpers, clinicians, parents, first responders — people whose exhaustion doesn't have an obvious place to go. I work with teenagers too, often the ones in families like these.
My style is direct, warm, and collaborative. I'm not going to nod quietly for fifty minutes. We'll find what's actually driving things, build skills you can use on a Tuesday afternoon when it counts, and I'll tell you honestly what I'm seeing. You set the pace. I'll bring the structure.
As a clinical social worker, I have a diverse background and take a systems-informed approach to therapy. I've been working in mental health since 2021, specializing in working with those healing from trauma, exploring identity, and undergoing religious deconstruction. I am especially passionate about providing affirming care to queer folks.



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