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About
If you are struggling with health, personal or family issues, I’m sure the larger social context has made them even more complicated. I am inspired by the effort and trust folks bring to therapy. I try to match that with positive energy and clinical expertise. I work with clients with a range of presenting concerns. I am particularly drawn to: identity exploration & growth, grief & loss (all kinds), working with helpers (therapists, healthcare workers, educators..), addressing social challenges & relationships. I specialize in perinatal issues: high risk pregnancy, loss, infertility, traumatic delivery, postpartum mood changes.
I see clients as experts in their own lives. My role is to help recognize the patterns, unwritten rules, family and social constraints that contribute to harm, pain, or insufficient growth. Then together we challenge old stories and create newer, truer ones.
My style is relational, direct and enthusiastic. I believe humor highlights our humanity even in dire circumstances. I feel honored to be invited into the lives of my clients and excited about the healing that occurs within relationships. I enjoy working with clients from different backgrounds. Hablo Español y me encanta trabajar con la población latina.
Call or Email Ellen O'Donovan for a free 15 minute consultation now - (872) 395-1239
Finances
- Cost per Session: $80 - $120
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Optum
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- License: Illinois / 180.002750
- School: UW-Madison
- Year Graduated: 1990
Location
Specialties
- Mood Disorders
- Relationship Issues
- Grief
Issues
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Anxiety
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Family Conflict
- Infertility
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Self Esteem
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Teen Violence
- Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
- Personality Disorders
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and African American and Hispanic and Latino
I also speak:
Spanish
Age
- Adults
- Teen
Communities
- Cancer
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Narrative
- Positive Psychology
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 1 Feb 2022
(872) 395-1239