Elizabeth Armstrong, LCSW-R

Elizabeth Armstrong (she/her) is a licensed psychotherapist with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She is an EMDRIA-Approved EMDR Trainer and Consultant, Certified Schema Therapist, Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapist, and Certified Meditation Teacher. She works with clients virtually throughout New York and in person on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Elizabeth often works with adults who are thoughtful, self-aware, and understand themselves well, but still feel stuck in longstanding emotional or relationship patterns that insight alone has not changed. Many of her clients have already done meaningful therapy and are looking for a more active, experiential way of working with anxiety, depression, trauma, difficult family dynamics, relationship concerns, or painful experiences from the past that continue to affect the present.

Her style is warm, collaborative, and engaged. She believes therapy should offer both compassion and gentle challenge, helping clients make sense of how their patterns developed while also creating real change in how they feel, relate to others, and move through their lives.

Listen to Elizabeth discuss EMDR therapy on The Affirming Minds Podcast.

Elizabeth trained at Columbia University and The National Institute for the Psychotherapies (NIP). She is certified in EMDR, Schema Therapy, and Trial-Based Cognitive Therapy (TBCT) and has additional training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She draws from these approaches flexibly, tailoring therapy to the individual rather than expecting every client to fit one particular model.

Mindfulness and contemplative practices are also part of Elizabeth’s clinical perspective. She is a Certified Meditation Teacher with a longstanding personal meditation practice and incorporates mindfulness or meditation for clients who find these approaches meaningful. She is certified in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and is also trained in Ketamine-Assisted EMDR Therapy.

As an EMDRIA-Approved Trainer and Consultant, Elizabeth provides individual and group consultation for EMDR clinicians and trains therapists who want to deepen their skills in trauma treatment and integrative EMDR. She is also an experienced presenter on EMDR, Schema Therapy, and integrative trauma treatment. Her presentations include the 2026 NYSPA Conference, the 2025 EMDRIA Conference in Anaheim, the 2023 EMDRIA Conference in Arlington, and the 2022 Schema Therapy Conference in Copenhagen.

Elizabeth has also designed and led professional workshops and trainings for behavioral health agencies and organizations including The Coalition for Behavioral Health, Hudson Valley Professional Development, InUnity Alliance, Affirm Mental Health, and Parlay House.

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