About Ilene
Ilene Vallance is an LMSW with 32 years of practice in Michigan. She brings long experience in mental health work across public and personal settings. Her style is relaxed, nonjudgmental, and validating.
She focuses on helping adults who are struggling with life stressors and emotional pain. She works with common concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, and grief. She also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, career questions, and major life changes.
How Ilene works
Ilene addresses trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, and burnout or compassion fatigue. Her approach draws on several evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy, as well as acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness practices. Sessions emphasize practical skills, clearer communication, and steps people can use between meetings.
The aim is to improve day-to-day coping and build more consistent routines. Ilene also supports people managing chronic illness, caregiving stress, and complex personality or attachment concerns. She pays attention to how health, roles, and long-term stress affect emotions and relationships.
Work with her tends to combine problem-solving with learning new ways to respond to difficult feelings. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. People use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Ilene conducts sessions in English and practices from Michigan.
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What Ilene works with
The areas below are the ones Ilene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- 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
Approaches that fit online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that matter, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. It is often helpful for people who struggle with intense emotions and relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and suggest methods that match your needs. This is a collaborative process that can shift as progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skills practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or when writing helps you process. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit sessions into busy lives.
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