Elissa Baldwin, PhD, LCSW is a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst in private practice in Durham, NC. She works with adults in individual psychotherapy, and provides treatment for adolescents, children, and their parents/caregivers. She also offers psychodynamic supervision and consultation to local clinicians.

Dr. Baldwin earned her BLA from the NC State School of Design, her MSW from UNC-Chapel Hill, and her PhD from the Smith College School for Social Work. She completed post-graduate training in child/adolescent and adult psychoanalysis at the Psychoanalytic Center of the Carolinas (PCC), where she now serves as Curriculum Chair and faculty member. She also facilitates an ongoing study group on Race & Psychoanalysis and is active on the PCC’s Anti-Racism Task Force.

Dr. Baldwin is trained as a Circle of Security Parent Facilitator and holds a certificate in Advanced Clinical Supervision from Smith College. She has taught or advised at the PCC, the Smith College School for Social Work, and the UNC School of Social Work. She is a member of the Association for Child Psychoanalysis (ACP), where she currently serves on the Board as a Councilor.