About Ellen
Rev. Ellen Schipul is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of experience. She blends practical therapy with attention to thoughts, body sensations, and spiritual concerns.
Her approach is calm and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people manage anxiety, stress, grief, and life changes. She sees thoughts and habits as one piece of a larger picture. She also pays attention to how the body holds emotion and how spiritual beliefs shape meaning.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps people can use between meetings, and on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. Her work draws on client-centered listening and cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness practices are used to develop present-moment awareness and to reduce reactivity.
Somatic methods help people name and move physical tension tied to difficult experiences. Over nearly two decades she has supported people facing trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and caregiver or compassion fatigue. She also helps with relationship and family-of-origin issues, parenting strain, abandonment wounds, and changes around aging or fertility.
Sessions welcome the role of spirituality when a person wants that included. Practical tools, short-term goals, and gentle exploration are offered so people can build more steady routines and better day-to-day coping.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's concerns. In practice this means sessions start with what matters most to the client and shape the work around their goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and uses specific exercises to interrupt unhelpful habits; it is useful for anxiety, low mood, and stress reduction. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple awareness practices to notice thoughts and body sensations without getting swept away, which can help with reactivity and rumination.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Spiritual concerns can be included when the client wants that as part of the process.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and guided mindfulness exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when video is not convenient or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter, more frequent touchpoint helps maintain momentum. These options let people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping consistent progress.
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- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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