Ellen Jacob
I help women, individuals, and families through out the life span. I support women primarily through the seasons of motherhood and the quiet, complicated transitions that come with them. Whether you’re facing anxiety, depression, caregiver stress, kids growing up, or the emotional weight of divorce and life changes, you deserve a space that feels steady, warm, and judgment‑free. My approach blends CBT, ACT, and mindfulness to help you slow your nervous system, understand your patterns, and build tools that bring relief and clarity. Sessions are gentle, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that women carry so much—and shouldn’t have to carry it alone.
Through a compassionate and supportive approach, I incorporate inner child work to help clients heal past wounds, build self-awareness, and develop healthier emotional patterns.
I specialize in: • Maternal mental health and postpartum transitions • divorce and co-parenting stressors (has your's been labeled high conflict? does every single conversation feel like a fight? Do you often feel anxiety every time the phone dings?) • abuse • Anxiety and overwhelm • Depression and burnout • Caregiver stress and dementia support • Parenting and co‑parenting challenges • Life transitions and identity shifts • discernment therapy Clients describe me as calm, intuitive, and easy to talk to. I offer teletherapy statewide, creating a space where you can breathe, reflect, and rebuild your sense of stability and calm.
First session
Your first session is a chance to feel heard, understood, and comfortable, and not to have everything figured out. We’ll talk about what brought you to therapy, what you’re currently experiencing, and what you hope to change or better understand. I’ll take time to learn about your unique circumstances, strengths, concerns, and goals while answering any questions you may have about the therapy process. Together, we’ll begin identifying practical steps and strategies that can help you feel more supported and in control. You’ll have space to talk openly without judgment, and we’ll develop a treatment approach that is personalized to your needs. **You don’t need to prepare anything or know exactly what to say. Just showing up is a great place to start.**
Strengths
I bring warmth, compassion, and a nonjudgmental approach to every session. I believe therapy should feel like a collaborative relationship where you can be honest about what you’re experiencing while still feeling respected and supported. One of my strengths is helping clients work through complicated situations and emotions without losing sight of what they can control. I combine empathy with practical, evidence-informed strategies to help clients manage anxiety, improve emotional regulation, strengthen boundaries, navigate relationships, and cope with major life changes. My experience supporting clients through grief, caregiving, dementia-related challenges, high-conflict relationships, divorce, and other difficult transitions has taught me to look at the whole person—not just the problem bringing them to therapy. I also recognize that progress looks different for everyone. My approach is flexible and personalized, drawing from CBT, DBT, ACT, attachment-based approaches, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care when appropriate. **Most importantly, I want clients to leave therapy feeling heard, understood, and equipped with tools they can use in their everyday lives.**
Ideal clients
My ideal clients are teens and adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, high-conflict divorce, co-parenting stress, grief, caregiving, or major life transitions. I work especially well with people who feel overwhelmed, emotionally exhausted, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. I also enjoy working with caregivers and families impacted by dementia, as well as individuals processing loss and significant changes in their lives. You don’t have to be in crisis to benefit from therapy. If you’re ready to better understand yourself, build healthier coping skills, strengthen boundaries, improve relationships, and create meaningful change, I’m here to support you.
Treatment methods
Person-centered (Rogerian)
I provide an evidenced-based eclectic model of therapy, that puts you in the drivers seat. I create a calm, supportive space for individuals navigating anxiety and depression. My approach helps you build emotional balance, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with a sense of peace and confidence. Together, we’ll work toward lasting relief and a more grounded, fulfilling life. This background supports individual therapy as many people present to therapy with relational issues. I am so glad you are here! In our first session together, here's what you can expect You can trust that we will start slow, build a relationship and answer questions that you may have. You will walk away with some direction and insight. The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions I am authentic, direct, non bias and give clear direction. The clients I'm best positioned to serve I work with trauma, mood disorders, family issues (divorce, parenting issues, and parent child relationships). I help children/ teens navigate issues, helping their parents understand and support them.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients recognize how thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. Through a supportive and person-centered approach, I help clients identify unhelpful thinking patterns, develop healthier coping skills, and build practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and life challenges. My goal is to help clients feel empowered, self-aware, and more confident in creating lasting positive change.
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients develop greater psychological flexibility and learn how to navigate difficult thoughts and emotions with self-compassion and mindfulness. Through this approach, clients learn to stop struggling against painful experiences and instead focus on living in alignment with their values and goals. ACT helps clients build emotional resilience, increase self-awareness, and create meaningful change while developing healthier ways to respond to stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Top specialties
Other specialties
Doesn't specialize in
- Addiction
- Addiction / Substance Use
- Anger Management
- Burnout
- Childhood / Intergenerational Trauma
- Chronic Illness / Medical Issues
- Codependency
- Grief
- High Clinical Acuity
- Learning / School Challenges
- Military/Veterans
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Perinatal / Postpartum
- Postpartum
- Serious Mental Illness / Crisis
- Spirituality
- Trauma and PTSD