- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness practice
About Ellen
Ellen Silbert is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts with 40 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, and a wide range of life changes.
Ellen uses straightforward conversations to help people name painful feelings and notice unhelpful patterns. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotion and attachment, and she combines that with client-centered listening and practical strategies from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. Motivational interviewing is used where people want help changing habits.
Her background includes work in labor and delivery, hospice care, and many clinical settings across the lifespan. That range means she is familiar with medical, caregiving, and end-of-life challenges as well as adoption and foster care concerns and blended-family issues.
In sessions she focuses on clear steps people can try between meetings. Conversations often include naming emotions, practicing new ways to speak about needs, and using brief behavioral skills to manage stress, sleep, or cravings. She also helps people review patterns around communication, control, codependency, and caregiving stress.
Ellen offers messaging, live chat, and phone sessions. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on naming and tracking emotions and attachment patterns. In session this means talking about moments when feelings feel overwhelming, learning to describe those feelings, and practicing different ways of responding to important relationships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and respect; the therapist uses reflective listening and open questions so people feel understood while they sort things out. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers brief practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, such as sleep routines, coping strategies for anxiety, or small behavioral experiments.Choosing the right approach is often part of the work together. Ellen will talk with each person about needs, goals, and what feels most useful, and then use one or a mix of methods in a collaborative way. The plan can be adjusted as things change.
Her listed formats include messaging, live chat, and phone sessions. These options can help fit therapy into busy days - messaging for short check-ins, live chat for a focused text conversation, and phone sessions for longer discussions when video is not needed. Confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.
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Experience
40+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, trauma and abuse, mood disorders, and many related life challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with client-centered listening and practical cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help name emotions and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has forty years of experience in social work, including work in labor and delivery and hospice care.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Her biography notes messaging, live chat, and phone sessions; confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs and getting started handled?
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.
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