About Ellen
Ellen Grant is a licensed clinical social worker with 29 years of practice in mental health and human services. She began her professional path combining social work, nursing, and executive coaching to support people facing life and career transitions. Ellen works from New York and brings practical experience from nonprofit boards and professional associations to her sessions.
Her approach is straightforward and goal-oriented. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, often called CBT, to help clients notice thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps clients can take between meetings. Ellen frames progress as steady effort rather than quick fixes. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, addiction, grief, or career and workplace issues.
Parenting concerns, relationship problems, and issues tied to aging or caregiver stress are also within her focus. Ellen pays attention to the extra strain that discrimination, multicultural challenges, and first responder or disaster-related trauma can bring. In sessions she listens closely and asks practical questions to identify patterns that keep problems going.
She offers coaching-style support when career choices or leadership concerns come up. Clients leave sessions with concrete ideas to try and short-term goals to track. Ellen values respect and steady work toward goals.
She describes progress as a step-by-step climb and commits to staying alongside clients as they move forward. Her style suits people who want a direct, experienced guide to help them take actionable steps.
How CBT and Online Sessions Work Together
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Talk therapy complements CBT by giving space to name feelings and make sense of life events. This approach helps when career decisions, grief, or relationship patterns need careful attention and support over time.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ellen will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She will recommend steps to try and adjust the plan based on what feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people see facial cues and use visual tools during CBT work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, homework review, or when someone prefers writing to speaking.
These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday, commute, or family routine while still using CBT techniques and focused talk therapy to move forward.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English