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Name: Dr. Elfe Robinson
Profession: Clinical Psychologist
License Number: NY State Licence #014395
Location: Manhattan, New York & Woodstock, New York
Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, New School University, New York City
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Professional experience
1998-ongoing Private Practice
Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral & rational-emotive
psychotherapy with individuals, couples, and groups;
elder therapy; intelligence, personality, neuro-
psychological, and PTSD testing & assessment;
hypnotherapy and biofeedback
2000-2004 Psychological Disability Consultant
2002 Consultant Psychologist, Comprehensive Counseling
Center, Individuals, couples and families
1994-2002 Psychologist, Advanced Center For Psychotherapy;
provided broad range of psychotherapy services and
supervision of clinical professionals
1995-1998 Psychologist, Brookdale Hospital/University Medical Ctr.
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Clinical interests
I am a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in psychotherapy. I enjoy working with people who suffer from depression, anxiety, stress, relationship, and separation/divorce issues. In therapy, I have seen individuals of all ages, but particularly couples and families. I use a variety of approaches to help people change and enhance communication skills, relationships, self-esteem, intimacy, personal growth, stressful life transitions, aging, and problem solving. As a relational psychotherapist, I use elements of psychodynamic psychology, cognitive-behavioral methods, and rational-emotive techniques. Because the causes of behavior and human experience are complex, they are best explained by combining a variety of perspectives. The aim is for people to extricate themselves from patterns of thought, affective responses and behaviors that cause distress and illness.
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Love-Life interests and expertise
After working extensively in virtually every area of clinical psychology, I realized that most of my patients come to therapy because of underlying issues and problems with interpersonal intimacy. They are usually dealing with longstanding unfulfilled needs or expectations that result in anxiety, unhappiness, anger, or despair, and the inability to sustain a healthy dating, marital, or family life. Given the pervasive relationship problems and the alarming divorce rate, the Love-Life Workshops are a much needed forum in which a person can anonymously reveal the most intimate issues and concerns without being identified. In this workshop, a person can reflect and become aware of underlying sensitivities, unmet needs, and what can be done to change one’s love-life.
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Personal relationship status
I am both widowed and divorced. After divorce, my resistance to entering into another intimate and loving relationship became an issue that I struggled with for some time. Hurt and angry, I threw myself into studies and work. I preferred to isolate rather than socialize thinking that I would be safe from further emotional injury. The longer I isolated, the lower my self-esteem went, and the more fearful I became of taking chances, of dating and becoming vulnerable. A number of years passed during which I realized that my two marriages were doomed from the very beginning because I had entered into them to fill needs that had been unmet in my family of origin, but not compatible with my husband’s needs and expectations. With this understanding, I finally started to reach out again by meeting with old friends who were single. Some friends introduced me to their friends and acquaintances. I joined several activity groups. A number of friends started to explore internet dating with some success and I signed on. I am currently single, but dating one person exclusively after some dating failures. I believe that I am now in a meaningful, healthy, mutually satisfying, long-term committed intimate relationship with core values that match. It took me some time to take risks, but what meaning has life without giving, receiving, and sharing love?
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