Ellen Shafer-Lind
Compassionate clinician helping build practical resilience
LIMHP Nebraska
- Experience
- 36 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Ellen
Ellen Shafer-Lind is a licensed mental health professional (LIMHP) in Nebraska with 36 years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She focuses on a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, trauma and abuse, eating and body image concerns, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, career challenges, and coping with life changes. Her practice also addresses family dynamics, blended family matters, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and related interpersonal difficulties.
She typically draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and psychodynamic methods, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs while also using solution-focused strategies when appropriate.
Ellen’s background includes work with veterans through the VA and roles in hospital and home-based counseling, and she holds a Master of Social Work from UNO as well as professional licensure and certifications reflected in her LIMHP credential.
Her approach emphasizes empathy, practical problem solving, and helping clients build skills and insight so they can gain greater stability and resilience. Clients who seek out her practice can expect a collaborative process aimed at finding resolution and improved functioning, with attention to both immediate concerns and underlying patterns that affect daily life.
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it is often used to address anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes by teaching practical skills and strategies to manage symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and creating a supportive therapeutic relationship so clients can explore feelings and move toward personal goals at their own pace.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist will work collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, preferences, and goals. This means adjusting techniques over time and combining elements from different approaches when that better serves progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility by allowing sessions via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit care into a busy schedule or to access support across distances. These options support ongoing access to a licensed professional and can accommodate different communication styles and situational needs, helping clients maintain continuity of care while building skills and insight.
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Experience
36+ years
Licensed
Nebraska
Languages
English