Ellen Minter, LCSW
Empathetic, direct support for life’s hard moments
Explore online therapy optionsWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Ellen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ellen
Ellen Minter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Indiana who helps people manage stress, anger, anxiety, relationship strain, and grief. She also supports clients facing trauma, parenting challenges, career shifts, and questions around gender and sexual identity. Her style is direct, often warm and with a touch of humor to keep hard conversations grounded.
Ellen draws on three years of clinical therapy experience and many earlier roles in helping professions.
Background and approach
Those past jobs include teaching, hospice social work, sexual assault victim advocacy, and work supporting people with developmental disabilities. Those experiences shaped how she listens and responds to real-life problems. She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
Client-centered work places the person’s goals at the center of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings run high.
Sessions also draw on mindfulness and motivational interviewing when those are useful. Ellen aims for practical steps people can try between meetings. She tends to be straightforward rather than vague, and she invites clients to name what matters most to them.
Ellen accepts English-language clients in Indiana and from other places internationally. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session.
What Ellen works with
Everything Ellen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ellen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Ellen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Using proven approaches in online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and experiences. The therapist listens without steering and helps the person name priorities and next steps. This approach is useful when someone wants a collaborative, nonjudgmental space to work through life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify patterns of thought that feed stress and anger. Sessions include practicing new ways of thinking and testing small behavior changes between meetings. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, depression, anger, and coping with change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. This collaborative process means techniques can be mixed to meet real needs rather than sticking to a single method.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video lets you meet face to face, phone can be easier when bandwidth is lower, chat or text can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between visits. These options help people keep regular contact, fit sessions around work or caregiving, and try different formats to see what feels best.
Questions people ask about Ellen
What concerns does Ellen help with?
She works with stress, anger, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and related problems listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, direct, and often lightly humorous. She focuses on honest conversation and practical steps rather than minimizing problems.
What background does she bring to therapy?
Before clinical work she spent years as a teacher, a sexual assault victim advocate, a hospice social worker, and a direct support professional for people with developmental disabilities.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing from Indiana.
In what language are sessions offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to therapist availability.