Ellen Larabee Claim

Ellen earned her Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling from Bowling Green State University. Ellen’s therapeutic approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and expands to include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and clinical hypnotherapy.

Ellen is experienced in working with adolescents and adults who have issues with depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, OCD, and bipolar disorders. Ellen also enjoys working with couples and families to resolve interpersonal conflicts and to teach effective and assertive communication skills. Ellen’s initial goal is to connect with a client and their experiences in their world, ask questions, provide feedback, and use interventions to rebuild and reinforce the client’s sense of self and their place in the universe.