About Ellen
Ellen Shafer-Lind helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, relationship problems, addictions, and major life changes. She supports those facing depression, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and career or caregiver stress. Ellen brings a calm, encouraging presence and practical help to difficult moments.
She has worked in counseling for 36 years and holds the LIMHP credential, which she uses to guide sessions with experience and steady judgment. Her background includes work with veterans and settings such as hospital adolescent units and home-based care.
How Ellen works
Ellen now sees clients from Nebraska and also accepts international clients. Ellen’s approach is straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals and try manageable steps toward them.
Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can change next, while also looking at patterns from the past when that helps. She draws on client-centered techniques to follow each person’s lead and on cognitive behavioral strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
When deeper history matters, she uses psychodynamic ideas to understand longstanding patterns, and solution-focused methods to create quick, practical plans. Appointments are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Ellen emphasizes collaboration and practical problem solving so people can regain steadiness and move forward.
Ellen lists 4 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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LIMHP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Nebraska |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on goals and patterns
Client-centered therapy puts the person’s experience first. The therapist listens without judgment and follows what matters most to the individual, helping them name priorities and make small changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors. It helps people spot unhelpful thinking, test new ideas, and practice different behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and eating-related concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and help decide which methods match a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That collaboration can shift over time as issues change or new priorities emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, giving practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for in-depth work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and coaching-style support possible between longer appointments. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between sessions.
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