About Adi Elinoff

Before I became a therapist, I was convinced I’d spend my life in research. I majored in Neuroscience and Psychology at Lewis & Clark College and worked in a lab studying Parkinson’s disease. I loved learning how the brain works and how it shapes behavior. I did not love staring into a microscope all day.

What kept pulling me in was the bigger question underneath the data. How our wiring, experiences, and relationships shape the way we move through the world. How we attach, argue, avoid, shut down, or reach for each other. So yes, I will probably talk about the brain and nervous system a lot. I think it helps, though I may be a little biased.

I earned my master’s in counseling from Regis University and completed my clinical internship at Forge Counseling Collective, where I worked primarily with couples. One thing became obvious pretty quickly: people are very good at convincing themselves things are fine. They minimize. They adapt. They tell themselves this is just how relationships are, even when something deeper knows it is not working.

That is a big part of how I see therapy. Not as a place to spin in the same conversation, but as a place to get honest about what is happening and start changing it.

My work is active, structured, and focused on helping people understand their patterns clearly enough to do something different. That might mean rebuilding trust after betrayal, working through intimacy concerns, or figuring out why the same conflict keeps showing up no matter how many times you talk about it. I want you to leave with a clearer understanding of yourself, your relationship, and what actually needs to shift. What that also means is that I’ll challenge you to look at yourself, not just the relationship.

I draw from ACT, EFT, and the Gottman Method to slow things down, name what is happening in real time, and help you respond more intentionally. My work focuses on awareness, choice, and honesty. Not perfection.

Outside of work, I am usually reading fantasy or sci-fi, climbing, playing video games, or spending time with friends. I also have a background in mixed martial arts, which taught me a lot about staying present when things get uncomfortable. I live with my partner, our dog who somehow always knows when I am in session, and our cat who prefers to make her presence known at 3:00 in the morning.

You do not have to have it all figured out to start. You just have to be willing to show up.