Elyse Bloch

Elyse Bloch is a licensed independent social worker with 24 years of clinical experience. She draws on long practice in settings that included domestic violence, childhood neglect, adoption work, developmental disabilities, addiction care, and veteran concerns. Elyse keeps her focus on practical help that fits each person’s life and needs.

She believes counseling should adapt to the person, not the other way around. Elyse often uses cognitive behavioral methods to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. She also uses dialectical behavior approaches when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

Sessions tend to address present-day stress and the effects of past trauma. Elyse helps people with anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, and substance use challenges. She also supports those coping with parenting strain, career changes, and the day-to-day demands of caregiving.

Her work includes attention to developmental and neurodiversity issues such as autism and intellectual disability, and to complex life situations like adoption, blended family dynamics, chronic illness, and aging concerns. Elyse brings practical skills like mindfulness and motivational interviewing into sessions when they fit the client’s goals.

She invites clients to move at their own pace and to shape therapy around their priorities. The aim is to reduce overwhelming feelings and build routines that make life easier and more meaningful.

How Elyse Uses Therapeutic Approaches Online

Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people feel understood and steer sessions toward the issues they want to change. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and builds step-by-step skills to shift them; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and habits around substance use. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without making things worse.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Elyse will discuss what feels most useful and blend methods based on a client's goals, pace, and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change as needs evolve.

If considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since format options are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It can also let people use tools like worksheets, guided mindfulness exercises, and homework between meetings to keep progress moving.