Elle Bernfeld, LCSW

12/11/2024

Is my new years goal to post more blogs? Possibly! I’ve been having a lot of fun with this new mini series I’ve been tackling on stage fright, creative blocks, and other career issues! My most recent blog explains how therapy can help address creative blocks and issues with inspiration 🎨My last two address stage fright and performance anxiety 🎭What should come next? Writer’s block?📝Motivation? 😅Stay tuned 😎

10/24/2024

A little seasonal decor…🎃

09/23/2024

Anyone get stage fright now and then? Or even ALL the time? You are not alone, and therapy absolutely can help! In my blog, I start unpacking where stage fright comes from, and how do we conquer it? In part two, I’ll share some tips…but it is a complicated topic that deserves some love!

02/19/2024

01/10/2024

Hope everyone’s January is going well! Been thinking about what’s necessary to achieve goals this year, and ended up doing a new blog post on self-compassion! 💕 Who here hasn’t been hard on themselves at some point?! 🙋‍♀️It’s an epidemic, and long story short…being your own worst bully does NOT work! So let’s all try to be kinder to each other AND to ourselves 😍

10/04/2023

I did a review of my current favorite wellness app! It’s called Breathwrk and makes mindfulness so accessible. Check out my review on my blog and see how it could maybe help you too! 🧘‍♀️🧘‍♂️🧘

05/01/2023

It’s that time again!
There is still so much misunderstanding about mental health, I couldn’t begin to cover it all here. We certainly have grown quite a bit though, and I’m hopeful we will continue to. I mean…how cool is it that people can use social media to educate themselves or others on ?! These are new developments I like to see. 🥳
To honor this month, how are you going to celebrate? Self-care? Reaching out those you love? Educating others? There’s so many ways! 💕

11/11/2022

So excited to be one of the first guests on the podcast! and I connected during the pandemic through the magic of Instagram! Now a few years later, I am so happy to be part of this project!

11/11/2022

**New episode!** At some point during the height of the pandemic, I decided to reach out and find some colleagues to connect with. Specifically, I was looking for other therapists who worked with creative clients. I was thrilled to find a few in my search, including this week's guest, Elle Bernfeld, LCSW. In this episode, Elle and I discuss what makes creative clients different and how Elle's experience as a performer guided her to serve the creative community. I'm so grateful to know Elle, and I hope you enjoy our conversation! (Link in comments)

Season 1, Epsiode 7
Elle Bernfeld: How to Bring Creativity Into Therapy

Today’s guest: Elle Bernfeld, LCSW, is a Brooklyn-based psychotherapist who specializes in artists, entertainers, and creative professionals. Her passion for working with those in the arts comes from her experience performing professionally and locally in the Los Angeles area as a child, as well as her years training at a conservatory as a young adult. In her private practice, she provides telehealth counseling to creatives of all kinds. Some of the issues she addresses in her practice are: identity, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, work/life balance, career transitions, and life purpose. A graduate of Columbia University and NYU, she has Master’s degrees in Clinical Psychology and Social Work.
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SHOW TOPICS
How creative clients may differ from ‘typical’ therapy clients
The potential for a loss of joy in art-making once it becomes our career
Channeling creativity and innovating with new methods as a therapist
How experience as a performer informs approaches to therapy
Empathizing with and recognizing the grief of creative loss
Separating the therapist from the person

SHOW LINKS
• Elle Bernfeld, LCSW
www.elletherapy.com
https://www.instagram.com/therapy4artists/
• Learn more about Brainspotting in the episode “Molly Zive: How Brainspotting Can Expand Possibilities”
https://www.beyondartistsblock.com/blog/molly-zive-how-brainspotting-can-expand-possibilities
• Learn more about therapy approaches involving horticulture in the episode “Morgan Myers: How Horticulture Therapy Nurtures Healing”
https://www.beyondartistsblock.com/blog/morgan-myers-how-horticulture-therapy-nurtures-healing

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Disclaimer
Beyond Artist's Block represents the opinions of its host and guests and is not meant as a substitute for therapy. It is for informational and educational purposes only. Please reach out to your healthcare provider with any specific questions you may have.

09/27/2022

In my meditation today (on app…love them), they said this phrase. It really hit home today! I think for many this is the core of . We think if we just stress a little more, we may solve the problem away. It doesn’t work that way though, and we rarely can get to a solution feeling that way!

This reminder is here if you needed it today too! 💕I’m sure you knew this on some level, is often about coming to terms with things on a deeper level. Understanding lessons, hearing them, in a new way. Hope this helps and have a wonderful day!

09/13/2022

What’s something you’ve seen recently that’s inspired you?
Isn’t it a wonderful feeling?!