Ellen Ortiz

Ellen Ortiz is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in Nevada and Illinois with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, and coping with life changes. Ellen often works with people who feel stuck after a big change or who are searching for clearer direction about what matters next.

She keeps sessions straightforward and practical. Ellen encourages clients to identify the strengths they already have. Conversations tend to center on specific patterns in relationships, difficult moments from the past, and steps that make daily life more manageable.

Her work commonly addresses attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, and the stress caregivers carry. She also helps people facing divorce or separation, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, and midlife questions about purpose and direction. Post-traumatic stress, guilt, and forgiveness are also part of her caseload.

Ellen favors phone and video sessions for most clients and uses brief text messages only for appointment confirmations or last-minute changes. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session to get started.

Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, with fees that vary by location. Ellen does not accept international clients. People who want practical, focused conversations about next steps in life or relationships often choose to work with her.

Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions work

Many of Ellen's techniques come from evidence-based therapeutic methods that focus on relationships and coping skills. One approach centers on identifying interaction patterns between people and changing small behaviors that create better communication and less conflict. This helps with communication problems, attachment concerns, and relationship stress.

Another common approach addresses responses to trauma by helping people recognize symptoms and build coping strategies. These techniques aim to reduce the day-to-day impact of past events and support more stable functioning in relationships and parenting.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Ellen discusses goals and preferences with each client and adapts methods to fit what the person needs. That collaboration helps decide whether to focus on communication, attachment, trauma response, or life-purpose questions.

She has noted that video and phone sessions work best for her practice. When session formats are unspecified here, confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or appointments.