Rev. Ellen Schipul, LPC

Rev. Ellen Schipul is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who centers therapy on thoughts and everyday habits alongside feelings and values. She blends attention to thinking patterns with awareness of the body and a person's sense of meaning. Her approach aims to help people notice unhelpful habits and try small, practical shifts that make daily life feel more manageable.

She draws on nearly two decades of experience in counseling and ministry. That background informs a style that respects spiritual beliefs when clients want that included. Sessions often mix conversation with short exercises for attention, breath, and grounding. Those practices are used to help people cope with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and burnout.

Clients come for many concerns including trauma and abuse, parenting and family strain, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, relationship challenges, and life transitions. Ellen also works with issues such as abandonment, attachment wounds, caregiver stress, and forgiveness. She tends to focus on clear, practical steps rather than long theoretical explanations.

Her ways of working include client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness practices, solution-focused tasks, and somatic attention to bodily experience. Sessions aim to give tools people can use between meetings to shift thoughts and routines.

Located in Pennsylvania, Ellen offers services in English and accepts international clients. She asks new clients to use the site's Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches guide online care

The therapist uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's experience and priorities. This style involves open listening and tailoring each conversation to what matters most to the client, which helps when the goal is to change daily thoughts and habits.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is also a core tool and is presented in plain terms. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches small experiments to test and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build attention to the present moment and to bodily signals, which can reduce reactivity and help with anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that fit their goals and preferences. That shared planning can include trying something for a few sessions and then adjusting based on what is helpful.

The practical benefits of working online should be confirmed before booking, because specific session formats are not listed in the biography. Ask about available options when you complete the matching questionnaire. Many people find online care easier to fit into busy days, allows shorter check-ins when needed, and makes it simpler to use tools or exercises during the session without extra travel.