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, Abuse
  • Grief
  • Parenting issues
  • Depression
Also experienced in:
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:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Years of Experience: 20

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.

Written on Jul 06, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, anger management, and coping with life changes

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.

Written on Jun 11, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 1 year and 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, and self esteem

I feel well cared for by Ellen

Written on Apr 29, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 5 months on issues concerning relationship

Wonderful caring person and very responsive and helpful. Very experienced.

Written on Mar 15, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue

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!!!

Written on Mar 07, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 7 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, and coping with life changes

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.

Written on Mar 06, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 1 year and 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem

Can’t recommend enough

Written on Feb 27, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 4 months on issues concerning relationship

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❣️

Written on Jan 22, 2025 after therapy with Ellen for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd

She’s the best

Written on Dec 04, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 5 months on issues concerning relationship

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!

Written on Nov 12, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, an

Ellen does a great job of listening and providing support, and knows a lot about my particular concerns and how to creatively address those things. She is a very valuable therapist.

Written on Oct 03, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 4 weeks

So far shes great and easy to talk to. Very sweet.

Written on Aug 06, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 4 months on issues concerning relationship

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!

Written on Jul 29, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 1 month on issues concerning relationship

Ellen is nice.

Written on Jul 02, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd

Ellen is really easy to talk to and very non-judgmental. She is giving me new tools for my toolbox.

Written on Jun 10, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue

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.

Written on Apr 04, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and addictions

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!

Written on Mar 19, 2024 after therapy with Ellen for 1 month

She s great

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