LMFT
Elizabeth Kotkin, LMFT
- Experience35 years
- LocationNew York
- Focus areasADHD, Addictions, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Elizabeth
Elizabeth Kotkin is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses a client-centered stance alongside practical, evidence-informed methods to help people facing a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
With 35 years of experience as an LMFT working in New York and California, she blends empathy with skillful interventions to address issues such as depression, trauma, grief, anxiety, and ADHD. She often integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and motivational interviewing to support change, while tailoring each plan to the individual's goals.
Her work includes helping clients navigate relationship strains, codependency, addiction recovery, social anxiety, and the painful effects of shame and isolation. Elizabeth also brings focused experience with women's midlife challenges, aging-related concerns, and family of origin patterns.
Clients can expect a collaborative, strengths-based atmosphere where practical coping strategies and deeper emotional exploration coexist. Elizabeth aims to help people build resilience, clarify values, and develop realistic plans for moving through life transitions, grieving losses, and reducing the everyday impacts of stress and trauma.
Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Elizabeth commonly uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening closely to each person's priorities and building a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship that supports emotional exploration and self-directed change. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and shift unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior, a practical approach often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. Motivational interviewing is another tool she uses to support readiness for change by exploring ambivalence and enhancing intrinsic motivation for steps like addiction recovery or lifestyle shifts.
Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to understand their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past, then adapts interventions accordingly so the plan feels realistic and personally meaningful.
Online sessions through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility needs. These formats can make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to practice skills between sessions, while allowing licensed professionals to tailor pace and techniques to each individual's situation.
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Experience
35+ years
Licensed
New York, California
Languages
English
What Elizabeth can help with
Elizabeth Kotkin works with clients on addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and depression.
Elizabeth works with individuals navigating complex emotional landscapes.
Elizabeth works with depression, trauma, and grief.
How Elizabeth approaches therapy
Elizabeth's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Trauma-Focused Therapy.
Experience and training
Elizabeth is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in New York, with 35 years of clinical experience.