About Ellen
Ellen Silbert is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, addiction, trauma, mood disorders, and many related concerns. Ellen brings 40 years of clinical experience to her work and practices in English.
She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Ellen focuses on building a trusting connection and a nonjudgmental space. She encourages honest talk about what is hard and what a person hopes to change.
How Ellen works
Her approach blends gentle listening with goal-oriented tools. Ellen uses client-centered methods to follow each person’s lead. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behaviors and on emotionally focused ideas to improve close relationships.
Ellen works with people who face life changes such as caregiving strain, aging concerns, adoption and foster care issues, chronic illness or pain, and challenges tied to body image, eating, and sleep. She also supports people dealing with codependency, communication problems, domestic violence aftermath, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging.
She believes finding the right fit matters, and she partners with clients to set goals and choose steps that feel manageable. Ellen’s long experience includes hospital and hospice settings as well as community care, which informs her practical, steady style.
Ellen lists 8 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
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- 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
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches to online therapy and what they do
Client-centered work means the therapist follows each person’s concerns and pace, offering empathy and reflective listening to help people feel heard and clearer about their next steps. This approach helps with stress, grief, relationship concerns, and times of major change.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating problems, and mood management.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotional patterns in relationships and close bonds. It helps people recognize feelings, express needs, and shift interaction habits that fuel conflict or disconnection.
Figuring out which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that make sense for those goals, and adjust as progress unfolds. Clients help shape the pace, targets, and techniques used in sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer talk time. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can provide short check-ins, written reflection, and flexible support between longer sessions. These options offer practical flexibility to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or other routines while keeping focus on the therapeutic work.
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