About Ellen
Ellen Markey is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on anxiety, stress, and life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens with attention to help people name what feels overwhelming. Her approach is calm and steady, and she works to make space for each person's experience.
Ellen draws on client-centered therapy to follow what matters most to the person in the room. She uses motivational interviewing to support change when someone is unsure about next steps.
Background and approach
These methods help with worry, low mood, coping after illness, and adjusting to major life shifts. Her work often centers on practical problems that show up at home and at work. She helps people sort through career decisions, relationship strain, grief, and the fatigue that comes from caregiving.
She also supports those managing chronic health concerns and disruptions to sleep or appetite. Ellen is experienced helping people address addictive behaviors, panic attacks, and the stress of daily life. She also works with concerns related to sexual intimacy, identity and LGBT issues, and emotional effects of trauma or abuse.
She aims to reduce distress by breaking big problems into smaller, manageable steps. Sessions move at the client’s pace. Ellen asks questions, listens for values and strengths, and helps set realistic goals.
She encourages self-compassion and practical strategies for coping, so people can return to routine with more confidence.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the client's lead and valuing their perspective. In practice this means the therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps the person set goals that matter to them; it suits issues like anxiety, self-esteem, and grief.Motivational Interviewing helps people resolve uncertainty about change by exploring ambivalence without judgment. It is useful for behavior changes, addressing addictive patterns, and building motivation for new habits at a comfortable pace.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ellen will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts sessions as progress is made and checks in regularly to make sure the plan still feels helpful.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or use a shorter format for quick updates. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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