Ellen Clark, LPC

Ellen Clark is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing depression, grief, and relationship strain. She focuses on clear, practical steps and steady support so clients can manage intense emotions and improve communication.

Her practice centers on everyday problems that become overwhelming. Ellen addresses trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and issues tied to attachment or abandonment. She also helps with social anxiety, isolation, and workplace stress in ways that feel manageable and concrete.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and compassionate. Ellen uses conversation to identify patterns that cause pain, then works with clients to try new behaviors and coping tools. She emphasizes self-compassion and realistic goals during the process.

Many people seek her help for life transitions like divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, or caregiving strain. She also supports those dealing with guilt, shame, or the fallout from difficult relationships.

Ellen brings ten years of experience as an LPC - licensed professional counselor - in Missouri. Her background includes client-centered work and approaches that focus on thinking patterns, emotional regulation, and practical skills. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence while helping people build routines that reduce stress and improve day-to-day functioning.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting back what matters to a person, helping them feel understood and guiding sessions at their pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses simple experiments and homework to change unhelpful patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, such as distress tolerance and emotion regulation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what works. Together they decide which tools best fit the person's needs and preferences.

Online therapy allows similar work to in-person care using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for full sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can make brief check-ins or skill practice easier to fit into a busy day. These options make therapy more flexible and help people keep consistent progress around work and family commitments.