Dr. Nicole Benedicto Elden

I applaud you for taking this courageous step toward caring for yourself. As a Filipina-American psychologist and IFS-informed coach with 19+ years of experience, I feel privileged to walk alongside you as you explore and process your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, identities, and relationships. We will work together to align your current life and career with your deepest personal values, helping you evolve into your most authentic self. Who I Work Best With I offer counseling for adults and couples navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship challenges, parenting issues, evolving identity, and intergenerational and cultural trauma. My practice is dedicated to clients who are eager to grow, evolve, and step into the fullest, most genuine version of themselves. You might find a natural fit here if you: -Are seeking alignment: You want your career and daily life to reflect your core personal values, not just expectations placed on you by others and society. -Navigate multifaceted identities: You carry rich, intersecting identities—across race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexuality, gender and life roles—and want a space where all parts of you are honored and encouraged to grow. As a 1.5 generation immigrant, interracially and interreligiously married with a transgender son, I am quite comfortable with human nuance and complexity. -You are often viewed as “strong,” the "caretaker" or the "capable one": You excel at holding space for others, but find it challenging to extend that same grace, care, and attention to yourself. -You want to connect with your inner wisdom: You tend to live in your head, relying heavily on logic, while pushing down what your emotions and physical body are trying to tell you. We will work towards you redefining your emotions and somatic responses not as inconveniences to control, but as essential communications worthy of honor, respect, challenge and growth. In order to provide the highest standard of care, my practice is not the best fit for those actively or chronically experiencing harm to self and/or others, psychosis, primary eating disorders, persistent substance abuse, or highly volatile relationship patterns. Specialized care for these issues can be found here instead - https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/crisis/988.html Finding the right match is essential. If my approach resonates, I invite you to contact me for a free 15-minute virtual consultation. I wish you well on your journey of self-discovery!