Ellen Goodloe, LCSW, CSW

Ellen Goodloe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 27 years of practice. She supports people facing relationship strain, anger, low self-esteem, career hurdles, stress, anxiety, grief, and mood concerns including bipolar and depression. She also helps people with parenting and intimacy-related issues and has experience addressing Veteran and Armed Forces issues and trauma and abuse.

Her style is respectful and compassionate. She listens for the beliefs and habits that keep people stuck and helps them test new ways of thinking and acting. Sessions focus on practical steps you can try between meetings as well as talking through painful events and current struggles.

Ellen tailors the plan to each person. She uses a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adjusts language and pace to match what each client needs. That might mean working on anger management skills one week and building confidence the next.

She emphasizes simple, doable goals. Many people come to address a specific problem like a career transition or relationship conflict. Others want ongoing coaching to maintain gains and prevent burnout, including compassion fatigue from caregiving roles.

To begin, prospective clients follow the site's Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire. Ellen collaborates on scheduling and next steps so the plan fits into daily life.

How evidence-based techniques shape online care

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building concrete skills. Cognitive approaches help people spot negative self-talk and try different ways of interpreting situations, which often eases anxiety and low mood. Skill-based methods for anger and stress teach practical steps such as grounding, pacing, and communication techniques that can be practiced between sessions.

Trauma-focused work concentrates on helping people process painful events at a pace they can manage while teaching strategies to reduce overwhelming reactions. This approach can be helpful for people with a history of abuse or those who have served in the armed forces and are coping with service-related stress.

Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, life demands, and comfort level. That means adjusting pace, trying different exercises, and revisiting what works as circumstances change.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats Ellen currently offers before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people continue care when they move or have changing life demands, while the therapist and client decide together how best to structure sessions.