About Ethel
Ethel Rodgers is a licensed mental health counselor in New York who draws on five years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career challenges, and coping with life changes. She also pays attention to feelings around forgiveness, guilt and shame, and building self-love.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about hard things. Sessions are intended to be a place to sort through feelings and find small steps forward.
How Ethel works
She encourages clear, practical goals and honest conversation. Her approach centers on listening first and then working together to try methods that fit each person. That might mean learning new ways to manage anxiety, naming and processing painful experiences, or trying career-focused problem solving.
The emphasis is on what helps in day-to-day life. Ethel uses straightforward language during sessions and focuses on skills people can use between appointments. She supports clients in noticing progress, even when change feels slow.
She values steady, realistic plans over quick fixes. Clients start by sharing what matters most to them and then set short-term priorities. Over time, she helps people build greater self-compassion and stronger coping tools.
Her style aims to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life.
What Ethel works with
The areas below are the ones Ethel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Self-love
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How evidence-based techniques work online
Many evidence-based techniques focus on teaching clear skills and practicing them in real life. One common approach emphasizes learning concrete coping strategies for anxiety and stress, such as breathing and grounding exercises and step-by-step plans for facing hard situations. These tools help reduce day-to-day overwhelm and improve functioning at work and home.Another useful approach centers on processing traumatic experiences by naming feelings and slowly working through painful memories at a manageable pace. This work aims to reduce the hold those memories have on current behavior and mood, and to increase emotional safety during daily tasks.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will listen to your goals and concerns, then collaborate on a plan that fits your needs and preferences. Together you will try methods and adjust them based on what helps most.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and fit support into busy schedules. These options offer flexibility for different routines and needs.
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