About Roberta
Roberta Gelfand is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship strains, and phobias. She works with concerns like parenting stress, career changes, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Roberta offers a calm, direct presence and aims to make the first steps toward help feel manageable.
Roberta keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens carefully and then helps clients name what they want to change.
Background and approach
Together they set small, concrete goals and try methods that match a person's needs. Sessions focus on what is getting in the way now and what steps can move life forward. Her approach draws from several therapy styles including cognitive behavioral techniques, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and client-centered work.
She adapts tools so they fit each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. That makes sessions feel focused and useful. Roberta uses plain language and a warm tone.
She balances empathy with direct feedback to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and practice new skills. Many sessions include talking through thoughts, trying simple behavioral experiments, and building coping plans for real-life moments. Roberta holds a New Jersey LCSW and has five years of clinical experience.
She offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging and supports people who prefer online formats. To begin, she asks clients to set goals and work at a pace that feels right for them.
How Roberta’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and making life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, phobias, and mood symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Roberta will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit. She treats the process as collaborative and adjusts plans based on what is helpful in real life.
Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video lets you use visual cues and practice skills in-session. Phone sessions can be a simpler option if bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on real progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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