Rev. Ellen Schipul , LPC

Rev. Ellen Schipul combines careful listening with an eclectic, evidence-informed approach to guide clients toward deeper self-exploration and emotional healing. She emphasizes meaningful dialogue and offers a broad therapeutic toolbox of practices and resources designed to address thoughts, habits, bodily sensations, and spiritual concerns in an integrated way. LPC stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, a credential she holds that indicates professional training in counseling and psychotherapy.

She views healing as a process of building bridges between the mind, the body, and the spirit, and she draws on both traditional clinical techniques and spiritual perspectives when appropriate. As a pastoral counselor and ordained interfaith minister with many years of ministry experience, she can incorporate a client’s spiritual beliefs into therapy when desired, honoring each person’s own language for meaning and connection.

The primary clinical model she uses is Internal Family Systems, and she is considered IFS informed by the IFS Institute based on extensive training. She also uses mindfulness practices, Focusing, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindful parenting strategies to support practical change and self-awareness. Her style aims to help clients find balance, build skills, and reconnect with inner resources in a respectful and collaborative way.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a nonjudgmental, empathic space where the client leads the pace and direction of work. It helps with self-esteem, relationship concerns, life transitions, and when someone needs support making meaning of difficult experiences.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is practical and skills-oriented, often used for anxiety, depression, stress management, and coping with change.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple practices for attending to thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations. These techniques can reduce reactivity and build resilience when facing grief, trauma reactions, or ongoing stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rev. Ellen Schipul works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts strategies as work progresses.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy flexible and easier to fit into busy lives. These options increase accessibility for people with scheduling constraints, caregiving responsibilities, mobility concerns, or those living outside the therapist's region, while allowing licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent, ongoing support.