About Ellen
Ellen Codere helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She also supports those coping with grief, parenting pressures, trauma and abuse, and changes at work or in family life. Ellen brings practical skills and steady support to each session.
She is Ellen Codere, LMSW, and has worked in Michigan for over 30 years. Her style is direct and warm. She listens first, then focuses on what will help most right now.
How Ellen works
Sessions often include simple tools to manage strong emotions and clearer ways to handle conflict. Ellen uses plain language and step-by-step techniques so people can use them between sessions. She draws on several approaches to tailor care to each person.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches emotion regulation and coping skills for intense feelings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports values-based choices when life feels overwhelming.
Ellen also uses client-centered and emotionally-focused work to strengthen self-awareness and relationships. That combination lets her address topics like attachment, abandonment, boundaries, and intimacy-related issues. She works with concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, body image, eating and sleeping difficulties, and chronic illness stress.
Her practice offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. People who prefer working by message or short check-ins can choose those formats. To begin, a simple matching questionnaire links a person to scheduling options and next steps.
Ellen lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Ellen works with
The areas below are the ones Ellen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful when life changes feel overwhelming or when someone wants a clearer sense of purpose. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. CBT often includes small experiments and homework to build new habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness for people who feel easily overwhelmed.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ellen works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from a chosen location, phone sessions save bandwidth and can work during a break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging supports brief check-ins and ongoing coaching between appointments. These formats offer flexibility for different rhythms and needs while keeping the focus on practical coping and real-life progress.
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