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Elena Bauer, Psychoanalyst

Experienced mental health professional

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

At a glance

Elena is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

4.5 stars
Clients are very satisfied with Elena. View 27 reviews
Speaks English and French
Offers Telehealth visits
Licensed in New York

Recent reviews

After over a year I'm just as pleased and grateful for her insights and continuous support!

Reviewed December 2024

BetterHelp is extremely fortunate to have A psycho analyst with her experience and knowledge base. Her insights have been so profound, I’ve never had therapy like this in my life I am so happy to finally learn how to do the work.

Reviewed November 2024

More about Elena

  • 24 years' experience
  • Female
  • Psychoanalyst

Licensed psychoanalyst with 23 years of experience.

I work with people who struggle with high anxiety, self esteem and self worth issues, people who grew up in an emotionally toxic environment.

I have experience helping people who are or have been in a relationship with a narcissistic partner or who were part of an environment that made them feel suffocated and not being seen.

I have experience treating bipolar disorder, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and other conditions.

Patients who were exposed to a emotionally toxic environment can feel how it freezes their emotional growth. Working on liberating one's psyche one realizes how resiliency sets in helping to brave inner toxicity daily. It's a quiet strength that appears as emotional growth proceeds.

I use a psychodynamic approach, I admire the work of Philip Bromberg, Donald Winnicott, Francoise Dolto, Paul Claude Racamier, Christopher Bollas. During a session I focus on identifying dynamics, if I may say so, they appear as emotional footprints. A patient who feels controlled by their emotions gradually acquires tools to manage and understand their suffering in order to obtain more emotional freedom.

Specialties

Stress Anxiety Relationship issues Family conflicts Trauma and abuse Eating disorders Abandonment Autism and Asperger Syndrome Body image Cancer Codependency Communication problems Dissociation Divorce and separation Eating and food-related issues Emptiness Forgiveness Guilt and shame Infidelity Isolation / loneliness Jealousy Life purpose Midlife crisis Mood disorders Multicultural concerns Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD Panic disorder and panic attacks Personality disorders Post-traumatic stress Pregnancy and childbirth Self-love Social anxiety and phobia Trichotillomania Visually impaired

Treatment Approaches

  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Therapy

Licenses

Elena Bauer's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1306979224.

  • Psychoanalyst · New York · 000641 · Expires November 2026

About online counseling

Affordable.
Pay a low flat fee.
Convenient.
Do it at your own time and at your own pace. Communicate whenever you feel it's needed.
Available now.
There is no waiting list and no calls to make. Simply fill out a short questionnaire and send your first message.

Online counseling allows you to receive care from a mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Reviews for Elena Bauer

All reviews have been submitted by clients after seeing the provider.

Overall rating:

4.5

27 reviews

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Clients mention: Great Helped Easy Insightful Understand Amazing Comfortable Grateful Support Wonderful

After over a year I'm just as pleased and grateful for her insights and continuous support!

Reviewed December 2024

BetterHelp is extremely fortunate to have A psycho analyst with her experience and knowledge base. Her insights have been so profound, I’ve never had therapy like this in my life I am so happy to finally learn how to do the work.

Reviewed November 2024

Elena is compassionate and knowledgeable. She has helped me navigate my issues and her suggestions have worked extremely well for me.

Reviewed November 2024

Elena is super helpful with her skills of identifying the underlying layers of an issue, providing simple solutions and with providing emotional and symmpathetic support!

Reviewed November 2024

I'll never be able to express how much my therapy with Elena has changed my life. Elena not only has incredible skills, she's also passionate. Her listening, advice and approach to my traumas have allowed me to be a totally different person. Thank you Elena.

Reviewed November 2024

Elena is really a good listener and can provide great advice

Reviewed September 2024

She’s been great! i’ve been able to understand more things about myself through talking with elena and by doing this it’s a good start for me taking therapy.

Reviewed August 2024

Elena is insightful and profound, she is the best therapist who instills mindfulness while being the most compassionate person ever. I’m so grateful to have her in my corner.

Reviewed August 2024

I like the matter of fact approach. I was looking for objective insight and received it immediately, just validating that I’m on the right track. Elena has knowledge and humor, making me feel comfortable right away.

Reviewed July 2024

Wonderful therapist that replies right away

Reviewed July 2024

She is amazing

Reviewed July 2024

Elena is very supportive and helpful. I’m glad to have her as my therapist! She provides great insights that help me understand what can be causing the things that trouble me and how I can best approach them.

Reviewed June 2024

Elena is simply amazing.

Reviewed May 2024

Elena has to be the first therapist to truly deconstruct even the most simple of my memories into meaning. I strongly believe in her education and experience, which has brought me great insight.

Reviewed May 2024

Elena has been a blessing. I never knew what was happening to me in my marriage but she never made me feel uncomfortable and just helped me in my journey. Providing me with the tools to start my recovery. I have been looking for this type of help for quite a while and it is finally here. I'm healing and can see it changing my life.

Reviewed April 2024

Elena Bauer does incredible work. She's a very engaging, non-judgmental person who opened me to different perspectives and improved my qualify of life on an unparalleled level. Within 2 months my inner state and the relationship with my partner have gotten so much healthier. She knows when I just need to vent and when to work on things. She helped me with the deep, serious stuff as well as some smaller things for my day to day life. She brings a lot of extra value outside of the sessions and actually cares!

Reviewed April 2024

I been to enough therapy where I know I feel comfortable where I’m not disassociating or feel like I being rude to just because I don’t understand the person view on certain context . She’s very warming and funny . She doesn’t cast judgement but lends a hand in showing specific thought patterns and actions in general . I’ve always felt I couldn’t really communicate to people based off the fact a lot of people can’t grasp perspective or any common knowledge at but I get that with Elena .

Reviewed March 2024

Elena has helped me so much! From uncovering my childhood to pushing through difficult situations as an adult, she has offered different perspectives that have really helped me understand things better. I took a break from therapy and have wanted started up again but only if it was with her, she’s great at what she does!

Reviewed February 2024

Everything you read on her is accurate. She is easy to talk to and keeps things in a manner that makes you feel comfortable.

Reviewed February 2024

Elena is in tune with my needs and questions. She prepares our meeting ahead of time based on the material we discussed in previous sessions. This is Freudian style therapy, so the point is not to get quick tricks, but to go deeper to get the underlying motives to my actions. As such, Elena is fun and insightful. Her ideas give me material to think for the week.

Reviewed February 2024

Elena is very easy to talk to and is very insightful. She is teaching me so much and had given me that little push to dive in. Elena is great!

Reviewed February 2024

Mindblowingly talented and insightful therapist.

Reviewed February 2024

I'm so grateful I took a leap of faith signing up for Better Help so Elena and I could meet. I knew instantly I could trust her expertise. Her excellence is the perfect combination of experience, education, wisdom, kindness, humor and harmony with the larger world. She helped me recognize the need to confront a hard decision and feel confident I was doing the right thing. It was nothing short of wonderful to be in her care. I highly recommend taking the leap and unpacking the gift that is Elena!

Reviewed January 2024

She's really great!

Reviewed January 2024

Elena is amazing, wonderful and caring. She is great at listening to me. I never feel judged. We talk about so many things there's times we talk and I want to cry because we are making breakthroughs and other times we get to have a laugh. She's has been so supportive with the growth I've made in short amount of time. I always look forward to talking to her.

Reviewed January 2024

Elena is bubbly, happy and easy going. She is very easy to talk to and explains things to me in a way that makes sense for me. I went into this not knowing what to expect, I was afraid to speak about certain things for fear of the response I may get but no matter what I say or how I say it I have never felt judged, belittled or unimportant. She has this natural way of genuinely caring. She pays attention and remembers the small details which come up weeks later and can be linked to current events or behaviours. No topic or problem is too big or too small and she always replies far quicker than I think is possible, especially considering we are in opposite time zones. Overall I can honestly say Elena has and is making a huge difference in my life and helping me through a lifetimes worth of emotional and mental damage

Reviewed December 2023

I am very happy with the support Elena Bauer has given me so far. Within 2 months i've felt a big change within myself, and the relationship with my partner is getting so much healthier. She is great at listening and deconstructing thoughts, habits or behaviours. On top of that she is also such a kind hearted person. I am so thankful that we crossed paths!

Reviewed November 2023

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Frequently asked questions

Does Elena Bauer offer telehealth visits?

Yes. Elena Bauer works with clients by exchanging messages, chatting live, speaking over the phone, or video conferencing based on what works for the client at that particular time.

What language(s) does Elena Bauer speak?

Elena Bauer speaks English and French.

How many years of experience does Elena Bauer have?

Elena Bauer has 24 years of experience.

Where is Elena Bauer licensed to practice?

Elena Bauer is licensed to practice in New York.

Does Elena Bauer accept clients outside of the United States?

Yes, Elena Bauer accepts clients outside of the United States.

Is online therapy as effective as in-person therapy?

Numerous studies support the effectiveness of online platforms in facilitating life changes. For instance, research published by JMIR Publications, conducted by teams from the University of Berkeley, UCSF, and SF General Hospital, found that "users of BetterHelp experienced significantly reduced depression symptom severity after engaging with the platform."

What treatment approaches does Elena Bauer offer?

Elena Bauer offers clients Psychodynamic Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy.

How can I communicate with Elena Bauer?

Elena Bauer can be engaged in any one of four ways: (1) Exchanging messages, (2) chatting live, (3) speaking over the phone, or (4) video conferencing. You can use different ways at different times as you wish, based on your needs, availability, and convenience.

How do I get started with Elena Bauer?

Just tap the CHAT NOW button or tap here: A new window will open and you'll be directed to a simple form that will help start the conversation. Please note: It can take up to a few days to be matched to a therapist.

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