Ellen

Ms Ellen Levine, MSW

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

“I aim to clear one's negative misconceptions about the self so that relationships and work can be pursued with vigor and satisfaction.”

About Me

I aim to clear one's negative misconceptions about the self so that relationships and work can be pursued with vigour and satisfaction. As a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, I help clients uncover the hidden patterns influencing their lives. We explore past experiences to understand how they shape present difficulties. This deep work allows for lasting change. It suits those ready to build a clearer, more confident self.

Approach

When those old self-judgments surface, I help you gently reframe them so you can act with more clarity and purpose. In my New York office or through secure online sessions in English, we move at a steady, thoughtful pace—tracking recurring feelings, linking them to earlier experiences, and testing new ways of relating between sessions. Sessions feel investigative but humane: attentive listening, timely interpretations, and practical experiments to shift habitual responses. This work tends to suit people and couples ready for honest, lasting change.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Clinical Supervision

    Professional oversight and reflective practice for clinical practitioners, ensuring quality of care and supporting ongoing development.

  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Psychoanalysis

    An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.

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  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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  • Supervision

    Professional oversight for therapists and counsellors, providing guidance, ethical support, and reflective space for their clinical work.

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  • Schema Therapy

    A therapy that identifies deep, long-standing emotional patterns (schemas) formed in childhood and works to change the ones that cause recurring problems.

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Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

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  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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Professional Title:

  • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

    A psychotherapist who integrates psychoanalytic understanding into therapy, exploring unconscious dynamics and relational patterns.

Credentials

Registrations

New York State Education Department; Office of the Professions

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Qualifications

Master of Social Work

Columbia University School of Social Work

Year: 1990

Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy

Year: 2007

Certificate of Completion - EMDR Levels I, II and III

Parnell Institute for EMDR

Year: 2019

Service Areas

Ellen Levine, LCSW

In-person & Online

New York, New York

United States

New York, United States