Ellie Trotta, LPCC

California · 7 years in practice

Ellie Trotta is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship pain.

License and registration

LPCC, California: 6558 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1295362143 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English

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About Ellie

Ellie Trotta is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship pain. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Ellie works in English and practices from California.

Ellie uses emotion-focused ideas to help people name and understand strong feelings. She also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and on acceptance and commitment strategies to build values-based action.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative and paced to what each person needs. Her background includes seven years of clinical experience and a Master of Arts in psychology. She is also a PsyD candidate in clinical psychology, which means she is continuing formal doctoral-level training while practicing.

Ellie brings experience helping people cope with trauma, abandonment, and family of origin wounds. In session Ellie emphasizes empathy, validation, and respect. She aims to help people develop skills for managing anger, intimacy issues, dissociation, and compulsive behaviors.

She also supports clients facing career transitions, aging-related concerns, and compassion fatigue. Therapy with Ellie typically blends emotionally-focused work with practical skills like mindfulness and behavioral experiments. She encourages clients to try small, achievable changes and to reflect on what works.

The pace and focus are adjusted to match each person’s goals. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule sessions. Ellie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and daily rhythms.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Ellie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Personality disorders
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Somatization
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Ellie names

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Online support

How emotion-focused and online work come together

Ellie integrates Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name core emotions that drive relationship and intimacy patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings while clarifying what matters most and taking committed action. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current trust and closeness, which is useful for communication and commitment concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Ellie will talk with each person about their goals and try techniques that fit their preferences. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, and she checks in regularly to make sure the work feels helpful and manageable.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different days and schedules. Video enables face-to-face conversation for deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and messaging are useful for quick reflections, homework prompts, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Ellie commonly address?

Ellie helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns.

What is Ellie’s therapeutic style like?

She keeps sessions warm and direct, combining empathy and validation with practical exercises and homework. Work is paced to each person's comfort and goals.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has seven years of clinical experience and holds a Master of Arts in psychology; she is also a PsyD candidate in clinical psychology.

Where is Ellie licensed and located?

Ellie is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with a California license and practices from California.

Which languages are supported for therapy?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

Ellie does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging depending on what fits a person’s schedule and needs.

How are fees and getting started handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

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