Ellen Goldsmith, LICSW, SEP

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner with over 25 years of clinical experience. I provide individual psychotherapy, consultation to clinicians, and organizational trainings. 

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My goal in therapy is to create a safe and respectful place for clients in order to help them deepen their resilience, strength and insight. In general I try to help people find ways to live more authentically in their relationships, to take better care of themselves, to resolve past issues that are causing pain in their current life, and to live with more flexibility as they face life's challenges. My style is to be active, genuine and challenging. 

I integrate relational, cognitive behavioral and attachment oriented psychotherapy with somatic approaches. Somatic Experiencing is a psychobiological trauma resolution approach that incorporates paying attention to a person's physiological experience in addition to their thoughts and feelings and uses mindfulness and other non-cognitive approaches in the therapeutic process.