About Ellen
Ellen Goodloe is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing relationship problems, anxiety, depression, grief, and career stress. She also supports those dealing with anger, self-esteem struggles, parenting challenges, and issues related to intimacy. Ellen has 27 years of clinical experience and brings a steady, practical approach to sessions.
She has worked with military and veteran concerns and has helped many people coping with trauma and abuse. Ellen treats people with respect and compassion and aims to make therapy straightforward and useful.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on real-life changes clients can try between sessions. Ellen uses a mix of techniques chosen to fit each person’s needs. She pays attention to how negative self-talk and low motivation get in the way of goals.
Then she helps clients build clearer goals, new habits, and healthier ways of relating to others. Sessions are collaborative and paced to the person’s comfort. Ellen encourages small steps that add up to visible change.
She describes therapy as a practical process that helps people feel more capable and connected. Her work spans common life stresses as well as longer-term mood concerns such as bipolar and depression. Ellen is also experienced with compassion fatigue and offers coaching-style help for career and role-related strain.
Practical approaches and online therapy options
Ellen uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to individual needs. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real experiences to reduce anxiety and low mood; this helps when negative self-talk or worry gets in the way of daily life. Another approach emphasizes skill building - practicing new communication styles, anger management tools, and coping strategies that can change how someone handles stress and relationships. These techniques are applied in clear steps so clients can try them between sessions.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client talk about goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress or new challenges emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is useful for a more face-to-face feel, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or changing routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Virginia
- Languages
- English