Elsa Lau, PhD
Elsa Lau, PhD
Verified
Telehealth Available
Professions: Psychologist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Psychologist - 025058
Telephone: 475-252-9566
Billing and Insurance:
I don't currently accept insurance, but I can provide documentation if clients wish to submit to an insurance company for "out of network" benefit coverage
Session Fees: Individuals and Couples: $400
Neurodivergence Assessment: contact for details
Sliding Scale Available
Free Initial Consultation
Evening Availability
Therapy in:
307 W 38th St
16th Floor #486
New York, New York, 10018
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What's My Approach to Therapy?
Hi I’m Elsa (she, they), a NYC clinical psychologist specializing in life transitions, identity, and spirituality (meaning, purpose, and connection). I’m also passionate about serving communities that have historically experienced barriers to whole-person care including LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Asian American, and neurodivergent (gifted, 2e, autistic, highly sensitive) teens, adults, partners, and families of all kinds.
My practice integrates cultural diversity, health psychology, and identity development in exploring meaning, skills enhancement, and values based living. I also believe that healing must be contextualized by systemic factors that impact each person’s unique struggles and strengths.
For more info on therapy or assessment services, consultation for therapists, or research collaborations, let’s connect at contact@elsalau.com
Therapy Services & Specialties
- Coaching
- Consultation
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Individual Therapy & Counseling
- Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
- Psychological Evaluation
- Telehealth
Client Age Groups I Work With
- Teens
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Groups I Work With
- I have experience working with LGBTQ+, neurodivergent (gifted, 2e autistic, highly sensitive persons), BIPOC, and Asian American teens, adults, partners, and families. I provide therapy, neurodivergence assessment, and psychological evaluations.
Industries & Communities Served
- BIPOC
- LGBTQ+
- Self-Employed and Freelance Professionals
Client Challenges & Concerns I Address
- Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
- Academic Concerns
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Aging and Geriatric Issues
- Agoraphobia
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Autism Spectrum
- Bipolar
- Body Image
- Borderline
- Breakup
- Cancer
- Career Choice
- Career Issues
- Caregiver Issues / Stress
- Child and/or Adolescent Issues
- Chronic Illness / Disability
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency / Dependency
- Communication Problems
- Compulsive Spending / Shopping
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Developmental Conditions (Autism, Aspergers, etc.)
- Disability
- Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
- Eating and Food Issues
- Emotional Abuse
- Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- First Responders
- Forgiveness
- Gender Dysphoria
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Habits
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- Identity Issues
- Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Individuation
- Internet Addiction
- Irritability
- Isolation
- LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Military and Veterans Issues
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Obsessions and Compulsions (OCD)
- Panic
- Parenting
- Perfectionism
- Phobias
- Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
- Pre-Marital Counseling
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Psychedelic and Altered State Integration Therapy
- Racism
- Rejection
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- School issues
- Seasonal Affective (SAD)
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Sexuality / Sex Therapy
- Shame
- Sleep Issues
- Smoking Cessation
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Somatization
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Terminal Illness
- Trichotillomania
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women's Issues
- Workplace Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
- Young Adult Issues
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
- Bibliotherapy
- Biofeedback
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
- Culturally Sensitive Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy
- Emotionally Focused Therapy
- Family Systems Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic Psychology (humanism)
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions
- Motivational Interviewing
- Positive Psychology
- Positive Psychotherapy
- Psychodynamic
- Regression Therapy
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Spiritual Counselling
- Strength-Based Therapy
- Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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