Elyse Daignault, LICSW

Elyse Daignault is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 24 years in the field. She centers her work on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people cope with stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. Her style is direct and down-to-earth, with a dose of humor when it helps move the work forward.

Elyse focuses on practical change rather than tests or labels. She often helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and build different daily habits that reduce overwhelm. Many clients come with depression, addiction concerns, trauma histories, or issues around self-esteem and intimacy.

Her background includes long-term work with people who have complex symptoms, including mood and personality concerns and histories of self-harm. She has substantial experience supporting LGBT clients and those navigating grief, parenting challenges, or major life changes. Elyse describes her approach as stress-focused and realistic, prioritizing what will make life feel more livable right now.

Sessions are conversational and task-oriented. Elyse mixes emotion-focused conversations with straightforward tools to address thinking patterns and behavior. She uses clinical ideas such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused methods alongside Emotionally-Focused strategies to help people manage symptoms and rebuild daily routines.

She practices in Massachusetts and offers services in English. Prospective clients who want to begin can use the site process to find a match and schedule a first appointment.

How Elyse’s approaches translate to online therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and sit with strong feelings, and then learn new ways to respond in close relationships. It is useful when intimacy, grief, or relationship patterns are central concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers short, practical exercises to change everyday habits that keep stress and anxiety going. This approach is often used for mood, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to match methods to goals, needs, and preferences. That means experimenting together, trying tools, and adjusting course when something does not fit.

Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. It can reduce travel time, allow sessions during breaks in a workday, or make it simpler to meet while living far from Massachusetts; confirm specific session formats before booking. The therapist will discuss what works for scheduling and how to use therapy time for practical habit change and thought work so progress carries into everyday routines.