Ellen Walker, LICSW

Ellen Walker is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of experience in mental health. She is warm and practical and helps people facing family conflict, parenting strain, career setbacks, grief, and aging and geriatric issues. Her style aims to make hard conversations easier to begin.

She uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. Early sessions focus on building trust and clarifying goals. Ellen will listen to what matters most and help set small, doable steps toward change.

Her background includes long work in mental health and child welfare settings, with extensive experience supporting people through trauma, loss, depression, anxiety, addiction, and relationship struggles. That range means she is comfortable addressing both immediate problems and longer-term patterns.

Ellen often begins with video so people can meet face to face, and she may use phone or text when that fits a client’s preferences. Typical sessions last about 45 minutes and are most often scheduled weekly, though she tailors timing to what works best for each person.

She describes therapy as a partnership that needs honesty, respect, and commitment. Ellen aims to walk alongside clients as they work through practical challenges, learn about their reactions, and try new ways of handling difficult situations.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s perspective, then helping them find their own solutions; it’s useful for relationship issues, self-esteem, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice may shift over time as needs change and progress is made.

The profile mentions video, phone, and text as ways Ellen can connect, but confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people choose the interaction style that feels most manageable while the therapist and client figure out what works best together.