About Roxann
Roxann Ellis-Denby offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, or relationship strain. She meets each person where they are and helps them take practical steps toward feeling better. Roxann recognizes that starting therapy can feel hard, and she aims to make the process feel doable and grounded.
Roxann is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Connecticut with 18 years of experience. She creates an open atmosphere where clients can talk through their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
The focus is on clear goals and small changes that add up over time. Her work covers depression, panic and mood disorders, and symptoms related to trauma and post-traumatic stress. She also helps people manage caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, and workplace stress.
Issues like shame, guilt, impulsivity, and isolation are raised and addressed in practical ways. Roxann supports people exploring body image, self-love, and women’s issues. Communication problems and relationship concerns are discussed with an emphasis on what each person can do differently.
She offers tools for anger management and ways to reduce anxiety in daily life. Sessions are held via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Roxann works collaboratively to set goals and choose approaches that match each person’s needs and pace.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Roxann draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional safety. One approach centers on skills-building to manage anxiety and panic - it teaches breathing and grounding tools, and steps to reduce avoidance and overwhelm. This method helps people gain calm in day-to-day situations and during sudden anxiety spikes.Another common focus is trauma-informed work that helps people process difficult experiences at a manageable pace. This involves pacing conversations, naming responses to stress, and building strategies to handle triggers and intrusive memories. It helps people feel more in control of symptoms tied to past harm.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Roxann will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. Together they review what helps, adjust methods, and set practical steps between sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Shorter issues or quick check-ins work well via live chat or text-based messaging, and those options make it easier to keep momentum between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English