- Psychodynamic therapy
- Trauma-focused work
- Guilt and shame
About Elena
Elena Bauer is a NY Psychoanalyst with 24 years of clinical experience. She works with adults coping with high anxiety, low self-esteem, and the aftereffects of emotionally toxic upbringings. She also helps people dealing with relationship harm, trauma, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Elena often meets people who feel frozen by past emotional hurt. She pays attention to recurring emotional patterns and what those patterns point to. In sessions she helps people name the dynamics that keep them stuck and notice how those patterns show up in daily life.
Her approach draws on psychodynamic ideas and trauma-focused work. She listens for the emotional footprints left by early relationships and recent shocks. Over time clients learn ways to recognize the feelings that once felt overwhelming and to respond to them with more choice.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Elena guides people to understand why certain reactions keep repeating and to build more room around painful feelings like guilt and shame. She also supports those coping with life changes, grief, and issues such as abandonment or codependency.
Elena offers therapy in English and French from her New York practice. International clients are accepted. Costs vary by location and sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a first session is scheduled.
Psychodynamic and Trauma-Focused Options for Online Work
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past relationships and hidden patterns shape current feelings and reactions. It involves talking through repetitive emotional themes so those patterns can be named and understood. This approach can be useful for anxiety, issues with self-worth, and longstanding relationship wounds.Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of upsetting experiences and how they show up in daily life. It aims to help people make sense of traumatic memories and reduce the hold those memories have on present emotions and behavior. This approach is often used for people coping with abuse, major losses, or repeated relationship harm.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide whether psychodynamic work, trauma-focused techniques, or a blend of both best fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Goals and methods are checked in with the client as therapy progresses.
Session format options are not specified in the biography, so confirm current online session choices before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and let people continue work when they are not in New York. Licensed professionals can use these formats to help maintain continuity of care while addressing issues like guilt and shame.
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Experience
24+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English, French
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship harm, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as abandonment and codependency.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
She uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused ideas to identify repeating emotional patterns and to help people understand the roots of guilt and shame.
How long has she practiced?
She has 24 years of clinical experience as a psychoanalyst in New York.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed as NY Psychoanalyst 000641 and practices in New York.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and French, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.