About me
I am licensed in Oregon with 20 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping teens with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, coping with grief and loss, family conflict. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Attachment issues , Caregiver issues and stress , Chronic pain, illness, and disability , Communication problems , Family of origin issues , Family problems , Impulsivity , Midlife crisis , Money and financial issues , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
OR LCSW L6833
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Ellen Thornton-Love. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Teen Counseling might be different.
Ellen has been great to work with! She listens to my concerns and offers a variety of tools to help me navigate the situations I am facing. I appreciate her help and expertise more than she knows.
Ellen is not just highly educated and seasoned in mental health; she also brings incredible diversity to her work. I have spent a lot of my life in trauma therapy, but she has moved me decades ahead of all of that! Ellen is by no means a passive listener. She gets to the point and gets the next steps in order. She is intuitive and pragmatic at the same time. She does not take mental health as a spectator sport. She gets you deeply engaged in owning your progress and gives you access to tools. Her dog is also great at stopping me from getting into "storytelling". Ellen is hilarious, clever, bright, and direct. I could go on and on and on. She keeps me in check and in motion. I feel so safe with her, and the direction she has taken me has opened doors I never believed were possible in me or the world I move in. There is a reason her name includes LOVE!!
Wow! Ellen Thornton-Love is my PERSON. Each session is a gift. Ellen always hears me and I am comfortable being totally honest with her. She has introduced me to several forms of therapy work and each has provided an opportunity for growth and self-understanding. Some sessions I seem to have no goal and am not sure what I need to discuss. With a few minutes of friendly talk the light bulb goes on and she recognizes a direction to focus upon. I always feel so much better after one of our sessions. THANK YOU ELLEN❣️
Ellen has been exceptional to work with and made my first experience in therapy extremely meaningful. I feel stronger and more capable of understanding myself since working with her
Ellen listens well and is understanding and makes me feel comfortable to open up and be honest with her during these challenging times
Ellen recognized needs of our relationship and developed an individualized plan to meet those needs. She helped me personally grow a lot emotionally and heal from past traumas that continues to affect how I interact with those around me. She has continued to create a safe and open line of communication with her throughout this process.
Ellen was get my warm and welcoming. I found that it was very easy to open up and share with her a very difficult situation.
Ellen has been such an amazing therapist for me. She has listened without judgement and has given me tools to work through my own insecurities and struggles. Without asking, she checks in on me and that makes me feel values by her. I'm finding myself through her help, I couldn't be more grateful.
Really kind. Flexible thinker. Just nice and down to earth.
So far we’re having great success in troubles therapy, and our therapist is personable and kind. Very easy to talk to.
Ellen has really good insights on really complicated issues and has a lot of experience in several different sectors of the healthcare system, which has helped a lot with our particular set of issues. She listens and is non-judgmental. I highly recommend her for people who have complex issues.
Ellen is absolutely amazing. I can't say enough good things about how she has helped us save our marriage.
Ellen is fantastic. Patient, good insights. My wife and I are on a challenging path and she is guiding us well
Amazing person inside and out!
Ellen is wonderful to talk to and really helps us take another perspective. She provides so many tips and tricks for us to look at our marriage. She provides a lot of interactive work and helps us appreciate each other more.
Thank you for help on all fronts
I could tell from the first time I met Ellen that she was passionate about her job and deeply cared!
thank you for help
Ellen is excellent! We are so grateful to have her in our teen’s life. She is an important part of our teen’s wellbeing.
Professional, courteous, and thoughtful. Ellen is an enjoyable counselor to interact with.
Always illuminating and thought provoking. Safe environment.
I absolutely love my therapist.
When speaking to her it feels like I’m talking to a trusted friend who is gently guiding me to ask and answer the questions that will help bering more clarity of who I am, or who I want to be into my life. After the very first visit I was wondering why I had waited so long to start working more deeply on myself. That has a lot to do with how amazing of a therapist she is.
Wonderful caring person and very responsive and helpful. Very experienced.
At first, I was unsure of going through teen counseling. Now, I don't know what I ever did without Ellen. She has me engaged in my therapy which is something I was lacking with my previous therapists. I highly recommend teen counseling!!!
Ellen Thornton-Love is a reliable and knowledgeable therapist. She has been able to help me improve the quality of my emotional and mental health very much. She has been a blessing for me at a very difficult time.
Can’t recommend enough
Ellen is a wonderful human who took the time to get to know and listen to us as individuals and as a couple. I feel she took notes and took time to assess the situation real time and provided useful, compassionate feedback with more than one idea to help to move forward in a positive path. Ellen really helped us in a time of need and I would and have recommended her services to others.
Financially, we need to end our subscription, but we would very much like the opportunity to work with Ellen again, and also with those who we love.
Ellen is very professional and has great boundaries and well thought out feedback.
Thank you Ellen for helping is so much during some of our hardest times! We are grateful for Ellen❣️
She’s the best
Ellen has been so helpful and wonderful, my husband and I love her, she’s very supportive and understands both sides, she helps us get to a mutual understanding as well. We have been communicating much better with less fights since seeing Ellen!
So far shes great and easy to talk to. Very sweet.
Ellen has been an incredible support for my partner and myself in a really tough time of our relationship. She is fair, consistent, empathetic and creates a safe space to bring up difficult subjects. Can’t recommend her enough!
Ellen is nice.
Ellen is really easy to talk to and very non-judgmental. She is giving me new tools for my toolbox.
This is my first time with therapy and Ellen has been so attentive with making sure that I have a safe space. She does more than just listen to you talk (which I feel is a problem with therapists where they listen and not give you solutions) and helps you find healthy solutions to your problems and feelings. She’s great at guiding you/validating your feelings.
Ellen has been very lovely and caring towards me. Made me very comfortable and talking about the situation I’m in, teen counseling chose a wonderful therapist for me!
She s great