Ellen Codere, LMSW

Ellen Codere is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 32 years of clinical experience. She offers steady, experienced guidance for adults working through depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, and periods of personal change. Ellen’s work emphasizes compassion and individualized care, helping people build practical coping skills while deepening their understanding of how their thoughts, feelings, and relationships shape daily life.

Ellen specializes in assisting clients with stress management, communication concerns, social anxiety, and life transitions, as well as workplace and family dynamics. She partners with each person to identify realistic goals and to develop strategies that support emotional growth and improved functioning. Her collaborative style invites clients to explore identity, self-esteem, and emotional healing at a pace that feels manageable.

Across decades of practice, Ellen draws on a range of evidence-informed methods to tailor treatment to each individual’s needs. Her aim is to create a respectful therapeutic space where adults can strengthen resilience, clarify priorities, and move toward meaningful change in their relationships and daily lives.

Approaches That Guide Online Care

Ellen draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify their values and take practical steps toward a meaningful life - ACT emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and is helpful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and trying new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and relationship distress. In addition, Ellen incorporates Client-Centered Therapy principles, creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space in which clients lead the pace and focus of sessions while the therapist provides empathy and validation.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ellen works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best based on their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring to therapy, adapting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Ellen is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or those who prefer remote options. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access support from home or work while working toward practical change.