About Eileen
Eileen OBrien Phelps is a licensed mental health counselor with 28 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She writes plans with clients and helps them identify small, manageable steps forward.
Clients can expect direct, matter-of-fact support. Sessions aim to build confidence and use the client’s existing strengths. Eileen treats each person as an active partner in the work and adjusts the pace to what feels doable.
Background and approach
Her background includes long clinical experience in Florida and a psychology degree earned within the University of Maryland system. She has worked with a wide range of concerns, including post-traumatic stress, parenting strain, relationship problems, and ADHD-related challenges. This experience shapes how she notices patterns and suggests practical changes.
In session she draws on several evidence-informed approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Client-Centered Therapy guides the work with respectful listening and reflection.
EMDR has been part of her toolkit when trauma memories need focused attention. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Eileen helps people make specific plans to reach life goals and checks progress along the way.
The aim is clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and more confidence in handling life’s demands.
Approaches used online and what they do
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflection. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what matters most to them, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches simple experiments to test unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce stress and worry.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used when troubling memories continue to cause distress. It guides attention while processing those memories to reduce their intensity and the way they surface in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit. Clients and the therapist choose and adjust strategies together as progress is reviewed.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls let the therapist and client see each other and use visual tools. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing reflection and brief check-ins between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep regular work on anxiety and stress while fitting therapy into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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