- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment-based work
- Forensic consultation
About Ellen
Ellen Mauldin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 26 years of experience. She focuses on trauma, anxiety, eating disorder recovery, and relationship issues. Her work includes concerns tied to parenting, attachment, and complex family dynamics.
She consults in forensic settings and serves in roles such as expert consultant and witness, parenting coordinator, recommending mediator, custody evaluator, reunification therapist, child therapist, and therapeutic parent coach. That background informs how she evaluates family systems and safety in difficult cases.
In sessions Ellen uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and cognitive behavioral techniques. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered methods to help people understand emotions and patterns that keep repeating.
Ellen helps people name strong feelings and the interaction patterns that follow. She works with stress, grief, addictions, bipolar and depression, and concerns such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, autism, body image, chronic illness, and caregiver strain.
She supports people dealing with communication problems, commitment or control issues, divorce and separation, and coping with life changes or disasters. Practical skills, clearer emotional awareness, and strategies for daily coping are typical focuses in her work.
Ellen sees clients in English and accepts international clients. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions fit
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and shifting difficult emotions and patterns that show up in relationships and personal reactions. It helps people notice how emotions drive behavior and find new ways to respond. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on accepting difficult thoughts while committing to actions that align with values; it often helps with anxiety, low mood, and making change despite fear. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to early relationship patterns and how they shape current attachment needs and responses, which can help with parenting concerns, abandonment issues, and intimacy-related struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Ellen will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. She combines tools from EFT, ACT, attachment work, and CBT to match what a client needs at different stages.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten the time needed for check-ins, and reduce travel. They also allow therapists to use practical exercises, emotion-focused interventions, and behavioral homework that fit into everyday life without requiring extra time away from work or family.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she address?
She works with trauma, anxiety, eating disorder recovery, depression, bipolar disorder, and relationship concerns. Additional focuses include parenting struggles, abandonment, autism, caregiver stress, and grief.
How does she approach therapy?
Ellen uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral tools. She also integrates attachment-based and client-centered methods to help people name feelings and change patterns.
How long has she practiced?
She has 26 years of clinical experience working in California and in forensic roles related to family and custody matters.
What credential and region apply to her practice?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, practicing in California.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
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