About Ethel
Ethel Dickerson greets people with a direct, respectful approach. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Connecticut with over 22 years of experience. Her style is straightforward and attentive, and she aims to listen without judgment.
Ethel helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and parenting challenges. She also addresses family conflict, anger, self-esteem problems, and major life changes. She draws on many years working in outpatient clinics and with community programs.
Background and approach
Her sessions focus on practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviors. She uses clear conversation and gentle challenge to help people notice patterns that cause pain. Together clients and Ethel look for small, manageable adjustments that make daily life easier.
She combines client-centered listening with structured techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused work. Mindfulness and solution-focused strategies are added when they fit a person’s goals. The aim is to build coping skills and stronger routines, not to rush progress.
Ethel values honesty and gives each person her full attention during sessions. She works with people affected by family of origin issues, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, divorce and separation, domestic violence, first responder stress, and related concerns. Her background includes coordinating trauma response work and supporting people in outpatient settings.
If someone wants to change thought patterns that hold them back, she invites them to begin a conversation. The focus stays on practical, steady steps toward improved daily functioning and clearer thinking.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy and respect so the person sets the pace and goals. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify what matters most to them.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression and patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Trauma-focused therapy pays attention to how past harm affects current feelings and reactions, and works toward safer ways of coping and remembering. It is often used when trauma or abuse are part of the picture.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and comfort level. That collaborative process shapes what techniques are used and how sessions progress.
Online work offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, ongoing reflection, or steps between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and different schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English