Elaine Gilmartin, LCSW

Licensed in New Jersey · 10 years in practice

Elaine Gilmartin is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of professional experience.

License and registration

LCSW, New Jersey: 44SC05888300 · expires August 2026
LCSW, Delaware: Q1-0001722 · expires January 2027
LCSW, New York: 079451 · expires August 2026
LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW021078 · expires February 2027
LCSW, California: 115554 · expires May 2027
LCSW, Maine: LC24846 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1235452079 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Elaine

Elaine Gilmartin is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of professional experience. She practices in New York and helps people face stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. Her approach is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at making early steps feel manageable for a worried parent reading on a phone.

Elaine focuses on practical conversations about what is happening now. She listens for patterns in mood, worry, and family interactions.

Background and approach

Then she helps people try small changes that can make daily life easier. She also supports people working through trauma, parenting challenges, and stress tied to adoption, fertility, or aging. Elaine is familiar with concerns like panic attacks, postpartum depression, hoarding, and grief at end of life.

She pays attention to how these problems affect routines and relationships. Sessions move at a calm, steady pace. Elaine uses clear language and concrete strategies rather than jargon.

She helps clients set simple goals and checks progress together each week. People who prefer an honest, practical conversation often find this style helpful. Elaine meets by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

The focus is on small, realistic steps a person can use right away.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Elaine lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Online support

Practical approaches for online support

Elaine uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on what helps in day-to-day life. One approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and improve mood. It teaches concrete skills for managing worry, panic attacks, and negative self-talk. Another approach centers on processing past trauma in manageable steps so memories and reactions feel less overwhelming. This method includes pacing and grounding strategies to help during strong emotions.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Elaine collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level. She reviews what has worked before and adjusts plans as progress is made so sessions stay relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and people with limited time. Video calls let you keep visual connection for deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief updates, mood check-ins, or a way to continue work between meetings. These options support steady progress without requiring the same travel or schedule changes as in-person visits.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, fertility issues, and end-of-life matters.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is direct and practical. Sessions focus on clear conversation, small goals, and skills you can try between meetings.

How much experience does she have?

She has ten years of clinical experience working with people on a range of concerns including trauma, panic, and eating issues.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She practices in New York and holds the credential LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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