Therapist profile
Ellen Mauldin, LMFT
California
California LMFT - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLMFT
- LicenseLMFT, California / 47006
- NPI1467509695
- Experience26 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationCalifornia
About
- Trauma-informed approaches
- ACT and CBT methods
- Emotion regulation skills
About Ellen
Ellen Mauldin is a California licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 26 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and anger. Ellen also addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder, plus issues like addiction, eating concerns, and ADHD.
She describes her clinical focus as healing from trauma and helping people manage anxiety and relationship problems. Ellen also works with people handling high-conflict separations, adoption and foster care concerns, and the practical stresses of caregiving or chronic illness. Her experience includes working with people affected by abandonment, attachment challenges, and blended family dynamics.
Her practice draws on several evidence-informed methods. Ellen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take manageable steps. She incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
In sessions she combines practical skill-building with attention to relationship patterns and attachment. People can expect direct conversation about behavior patterns, emotion regulation techniques, and steps to reduce harmful cycles. Ellen also brings experience from court-related roles and work with complex family situations when those issues are relevant.
She offers services across California and works in English. For people exploring therapy, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to see how the work might proceed.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It can help people who want to reduce reactivity and increase actions that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, anger, and mood difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy examines patterns formed in relationships and how those patterns affect current responses; it can be helpful for relationship strain and intimacy-related issues.Choosing the right approach is something the therapist does together with each person. Ellen will talk with the client about goals, what has helped or not helped before, and which methods feel like a good fit. That collaborative process shapes the plan and the skills emphasized in sessions.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also makes it possible to keep continuity of care when life or location changes. Licensed professionals and therapists typically adapt exercises, worksheets, and DBT or CBT skill practice to the online setting so the work remains practical and focused.
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Experience
26+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What sorts of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, depression, bipolar disorder, eating concerns, addictions, ADHD, and related challenges such as attachment and abandonment.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends practical skill-building with attention to relationship patterns and attachment. Expect conversations about behavior, emotion regulation tools, and steps to change unhelpful cycles.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 26 years of experience working in clinical and court-related roles, including work with complex trauma and high-conflict family situations.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a California LMFT and practices across California.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.