If you are feeling anxiety, loneliness, depression, fear: prioritizing your mental, physical, and emotional well being is key to reducing negative feelings and building genuine, stronger, connections to yourself and others. We'll work on your current issues and changing life-long patterns. I help people overcome shame about their feelings. I have been told my whole life I have a natural ability to understand and empathize with each unique individual. I have brought this to my work for over 25 years.
In person and Telehealth Available
My Specializations
I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues, providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief to trans support counseling to parenting support, couples counseling and beyond. I use a sex-positive approach to therapy in a comfortable and supportive atmosphere. I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my clients individual needs to help attain the personal growth they’re striving for.
Depression and Anxiety
Trauma / PTSD
Grief Counseling
Stress Management
Parenting & Family Support
Couples Counseling
Work & Career Issues
Mindfulness
Meditation
CBT
Mindfulness
Women's Issues
Sex Positive
TransgenderSupport LGBTQ, Gender Inclusivity
Neha, NY
-When life seemed too hard and unpredictable, I decided to try therapy for help. Elana was my first therapist and not knowing what to expect, she was patient and nonjudgmental. I was able to find a safe space to start peeling the onion back on my deep rooted issues.
Patient Reviews
Jacob M
My discussions with Elana helped me develop, accept, and maintain a vision on life that I have always envisioned and desired for myself
Jane L, NYC
Working with Elana was an incredibly helpful, positive experience. She was able to help with serious, real-time issues like navigating a marriage falling apart or an acute depression episode, as well as help me make real progress on lifelong patterns.
When I started therapy, I felt like my goal was to emerge as a different person; I felt like everything was wrong with me and needed repair. Through working with Elana, I did change a lot, but I did not become an entirely different person I realized instead I didn’t need to become a different person. I am still myself, just more secure, more supportive of myself, and more willing to let good things into my life. I can trust more in my own abilities and see more what I’m bringing
to the table. - Jen M.
Meet Elana
I'm Elana Seaman, a born and bred progressive New Yorker. I'm a therapist specializing in individuals, couples, and different family configurations, in a private practice in New York City. For over 25 years I've been helping NYC's diverse population become stronger and more resilient. I completed my degree at Hunter College School of Social Work and received my advanced degree from The National Institute of Psychotherapy, JBFCS, in Childhood, Groups, Supervision and Parenting Issues. With wisdom, experience and compassion, I seamlessly use talk therapy, mindfulness, CBT, dream work, relational, affirmations and humor throughout our sessions. My clients say I'm warm and easy to talk to.
