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Ellen Mauldin, LMFT
California
LMFT - Trauma and Anxiety focus
See online therapy options- CBT and ACT methods
- Attachment informed care
- Grief and parenting issues
About Ellen
Ellen Mauldin is a California LMFT with 26 years of clinical experience. She focuses on trauma, anxiety, eating disorder recovery, and relationship concerns. Ellen also addresses parenting and issues connected to attachment and adoption.
Ellen describes work that looks at how past hurts and current patterns affect daily life. She talks through what is happening now and what keeps problems going. Sessions often involve noticing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and trying small, practical changes.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside attachment-focused and client-centered work. That mix is used to help people recognize unhelpful thinking, practice new responses, and build clearer priorities. She also uses skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation when needed.
Ellen has experience with complex family situations, grief, chronic health concerns, and issues connected to adoption and foster care. She supports people facing workplace stress, relationship conflict, and life transitions. She also works with addictions, body image concerns, and neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Practical steps are emphasized in sessions. A person can expect collaborative goal-setting, short-term behavioral experiments, and focused skills practice between meetings. Ellen accepts international clients and works across California.
How Ellen uses structured approaches in online work
CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. It helps when anxiety, low mood, or repetitive thinking get in the way of daily functioning.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and choosing actions that align with values. ACT can help when avoidance or stuckness keeps someone from moving toward what matters to them.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns that began in early relationships and how they affect current connections. It is useful for people dealing with attachment wounds, parenting challenges, or difficulties in close relationships.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. Ellen will work with each person to match methods to goals and preferences and adjust the plan over time. The focus is on practical steps the person can try between sessions.
The therapist's specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats use less bandwidth or do not require video, which can help on hectic days. Many people find that remote sessions let them apply skills in real-life settings between meetings.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
Ellen works with trauma, anxiety, eating disorder recovery, and relationship issues. She also addresses parenting, grief, addiction, and stress related concerns.
How does she describe her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, skills-based work that looks at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Sessions include goal setting and short experiments to test new ways of responding.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 26 years of clinical experience. Her practice includes work on complex trauma and high conflict situations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds the LMFT credential and practices across California. Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are conducted in English for all clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here. Confirm current session options before booking to know how meetings are held.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary by location and are tied to a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing depends on the client’s situation.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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