Meet Ellen Singer, LCSW-C
Ellen Singer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has specialized in helping couples and families for 35+ years. She was able to personally train with Dr. Richard Schwartz in the evidence-based Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapeutic model. She’s also studied and incorporates tools from highly reputable Emotionally Focused Therapy, Gottman Therapy, and Imago Therapy.
She sees all couples and specializes in high conflict, infidelity/affairs, intimacy/sexual relationships, ADHD impact, and coping with parent-related concerns. She also specializes in working with couples experiencing infertility, adult adoptees, adoptive parents, expectant/birth parents and blended-families. Ellen welcomes all LGTBQ relationships.
Specialties
Marital & Premarital
Relationship Issues
Conflict Resolution
Intimacy
Communication
Sexless/Withdrawn
Affair & Infidelity Recovery
Family Systems & Life Changes
Education
- M.S.W., Clinical concentration
University of Illinois
Trainings, Certifications, and Continuing Education
- Clinical case consultation group developing expertise in Dr. Richard Schwartz’ Internal Family Systems Model, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Intimacy from the Inside Out (online course), Richard Schwartz, Ph.D. and Toni Herbine-Blank, MS, IFS Institute
- Clinical Externship in Marriage and Family Therapy, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
- Our Home Our Family Training – couple and family communication and relationships curriculum developed by John and Julie Gottman, Coalition for Children, Youth and Families, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- The New Science of Couples and Family Therapy
- Enhancing Assessment in Couples Therapy: New Approaches to Improving Outcomes
- The Gottman Method Approach to Better Couples Therapy
- Couples Therapy for Treating Trauma: The Gottman Method Approach
- Recovering from an Affair: A Gottman Research Based Treatment for Infidelity, Scott Wolfe, Ph.D. (JSSA)
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Step by Step, Rebecca Jorgensen, Ph.D.
- Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, Kathryn Rheem, Ed.D., LCMFT (JSSA)
- When to Lead as a Therapist and When to Follow: Integrating EFT, Imago and Internal Family Systems Therapy, Jette Simon, MA (JSSA)
- Addressing Attachment and Problems of Intimacy in Adults with Emotional Dysregulation, Georgia DeGangi, Ph.D. (JSSA)
- Sexual Addictions, Christopher Kraft, Ph.D. (JSSA)
- Sex Therapy for the General Therapist – Marianne Brandon, Ph.D. (JSSA – Jewish Social Service Agency, Rockville, MD)
- The State of Affairs: Rethinking our clinical attitudes toward infidelity, Esther Perel, MA, LMFT (The Middle Atlantic Division of AAMFT and The University of Maryland Family Science Department), Columbia, MD
- Center for Adoption Support and Education, Certificate, Train
ing in Adoption Competency (TAC) - Primed for Life: Psychotherapy for Marital and Family Issues of Older Adults, Barry Jacobs Psy.D.
- Parenting Youth in LGBTQ+ Adoptive Families, David Brodzinsky, Ph.D., Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) webinar
Publications:
Training for Adoption-Competency Curriculum in Handbook of Modern Adoption: Connecting Research to Policy and Practice, with Debbie Riley, Edited by Gretchen Wrobel, Elisha Marr and Emily Felder, 2020.
Fee range:$195 – $225
Out-of-network insurance reimbursable?Yes, if your plan allows
Payment acceptedCash, Check, Amex, Discover, MC, Visa, Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
We work hard to make quality therapy affordable. click here to learn more about our fees and reimbursement.
