- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- Nevada, Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Ellen
Ellen Ortiz is a licensed marriage and family therapist with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and parenting challenges. Ellen speaks English and practices in Illinois as an LMFT.
Ellen centers sessions on the client’s own strengths and life story. She treats each person as the expert on their life and partners with them to set practical goals. Conversations are straightforward and aimed at building better communication and coping skills.
Background and approach
Her background includes work supporting people through divorce, attachment and abandonment wounds, and caregiver stress. She also helps with pregnancy and childbirth transitions, post-traumatic stress, and midlife changes. Ellen brings seven years of experience to these kinds of concerns.
Sessions often focus on improving day-to-day patterns. That can mean practicing new ways to talk with loved ones, setting boundaries, reducing guilt and shame, or finding small habits that support self-love and purpose. She listens for what is working and what needs to change.
Ellen typically uses video calls and phone sessions for therapy. She uses text messaging only for appointment confirmations or last-minute notices. People who want clear, practical steps for parenting and life transitions may find her approach helpful.
What Ellen works with
Everything Ellen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ellen helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many therapists use evidence-based techniques that focus on how people relate and cope. One common approach looks at attachment and how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when a person struggles with trust, abandonment fears, or repeating old relationship dynamics.Another approach focuses on trauma-informed coping skills. It teaches ways to manage strong emotions, reduce reactivity, and practice grounding techniques after distressing experiences. These skills can help with post-traumatic stress and intense stress responses.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that match what you need. Together you can adjust direction as progress and preferences become clear.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or appointment coordination. These options make it easier to fit therapy into parenting schedules and life transitions.
Questions people ask about Ellen
What kinds of concerns does Ellen help with?
Ellen works with people dealing with relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and parenting challenges. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment, caregiver stress, and midlife changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and strengths-based. She partners with clients to set practical goals and practices concrete communication and coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience providing therapy. That experience includes work with trauma, relationship concerns, and parenting strategies.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in Nevada and Illinois. She practices in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Text messaging is used mainly for appointment confirmations and last-minute notices.
How does cost and billing work?
Session cost varies by location and therapist availability. Therapy is delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ellen?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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