Elaina Vasserman-Stokes, PhD, LPC is a child and adult psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst trained at ICP&P in Washington DC, a clinical supervisor, an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development, a parent, a research scientist, and a yogi. In her career she has had the privilege of listening to people of different ages, cultures, races, ethnicities, genders, and sexual identities. Her approach can broadly be described as insight-oriented and rooted in attachment, self-psychology, and various interpersonal and relational theories. Her expertise rests on meaningful personal experiences and on continuing rigorous training, teaching, and clinical work. She works in private practice with both children and adults. Her passion is play therapy with children under five, with a focus on strengthening early life parent-child relationships. She leans deeply into the values of honesty, complexity, empathy, life-long learning, depth, and humor. She is experienced in talk and play therapies and is bilingual in English and Russian.