About Ellen
Ellen Minter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, and life changes. She brings a direct, warm style and aims to make everyday life feel more manageable for people under strain. She draws on a range of approaches in sessions and adapts methods to fit each person’s situation.
Ellen uses clear, practical steps alongside listening and validation. She can be candid when needed and also brings humor to ease tense moments.
Background and approach
Before practicing as a therapist she spent time in roles that shaped her perspective - work in hospice, support for survivors of sexual assault, teaching, and helping people with developmental disabilities. Those experiences inform how she responds to complex situations and to caregiving or end-of-life concerns. In the room she focuses on problem solving and skill building.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques are used to address unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and mindfulness strategies help with emotion regulation and staying grounded during hard moments. Ellen also uses a client-centered stance and motivational interviewing to clarify goals and boost motivation for change.
She aims to collaborate so people leave sessions with a clear next step and something they can try between meetings.
How Ellen’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s goals and experience. It means sessions start by asking what matters most and follow the client’s pace. This approach is useful for people who want a respectful, collaborative space to sort through decisions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses specific exercises and step-by-step practice to challenge unhelpful thinking and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Those skills - like distress tolerance and emotional regulation - work well when life feels overwhelming or reactive.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Ellen will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adapts techniques as needs change over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and timely support possible between longer meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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