Ellen knows that the key ingredients in a therapeutic relationship are safety, transparency, and most importantly optimism and hope.

Ellen’s clinical know-how traverses the human lifespan with particular expertise in the transitions we go through as we move into adulthood, across various milestones (identity, career, family) and into aging. Ellen will guide you as you shift out of that stuck feeling that comes from unconscious habits, patterns and negative thinking. She empowers you to make the positive changes in your life that you desire by promoting health and wellbeing.

Ellen approach to therapy is collaborative and solution “focused. She utilizes proven, evidence-based methods in various modalities, (individual, family and group). She has particular expertise with survivors of complex stress, trauma, anxiety and ADHD.

A well-respected authority on such topics as women’s empowerment, mindfulness, self care and white privilege, Ellen has been trained extensively in such short-term, evidenced-based practices as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Structured Psychotherapy for Adolescents Responding to Chronic Stress, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. She received her Post Masters’ training from the Martha K. Selig Institute, and obtained her Master’s Degree from NYU Silver School of Social Work. In addition to the myriad certifications ranging from Restorative Yoga to GEMS Human Survivors of Sex Trafficking, Ellen studied theater at Circle in the Square Theatre School, NYSSSA and Skidmore College 

Expertise

• ADHD

• Chronic Stress

• Anxiety

• Panic

• Grief

• Life Transitions - Launching to Aging

• Sleep Disorders/Insomnia

• Caregiving - Personal / Professional

• Relationship / Couples Issues

• Women's Issues

Interventions

• Insight- Oriented Psychotherapy

• ADHD Therapy

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Trauma-Focused (CBT)

• Exposure Therapy

• Mindfulness

• Solution-Focused Psychotherapy

• Trauma-Informed Therapy

• Stages of Change