Ilene Cooper, LCSW, CSW

Ilene Cooper, LCSW, brings more than 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Georgia. She offers direct, down-to-earth counseling aimed at helping people sort through stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, and life changes. Her style is practical and collaborative, focusing on what will help a person move forward day to day.

Clients can expect straightforward conversations about thoughts, behaviors, and patterns that get in the way. Ilene uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy along with mindfulness and relationship approaches to address mood, coping, and connection. She helps people identify small, useful changes and practices they can try between sessions.

Her background includes extensive work with individuals and with relationship concerns. She draws on Emotionally-Focused and Gottman-informed ideas for couples work while also attending to personal history and family patterns. This mix lets her address both immediate problems and the longer-term themes that contribute to them.

Ilene works with a broad range of issues, including depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, intimacy struggles, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and chronic illness. She also supports people facing career shifts, life purpose questions, and the emotional effects of aging and end-of-life concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Ilene uses an online subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and session cost varies by location and scheduling. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.

How CBT, EFT, and Relationship Work Translate Online

Ilene often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on practical steps and skills that can reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change routines that cause distress.

She also incorporates Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas to help people and partners understand emotional patterns and reconnect. For relationship work she draws on Gottman-informed techniques to improve communication and manage conflict more constructively.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist and client work together to choose methods that match the person’s goals, preferences, and the problems they bring. This collaborative planning can shift over time as needs change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet these goals. Video calls let therapists observe tone and body language for relationship and mood work. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, skill practice, and brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to try new strategies in everyday life.