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Ellen A.
Scharffenberg
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Ellen Scharffenberg, an El Dorado Hills, California based LCSW, provides therapeutic services to adults and families. She creates a safe and nurturing atmosphere where adults and families feel supported in their process of changing and growing. Ellen’s practice supports a Christian perspective. She knows that healing begins as people reconnect with their own strengths and dreams. Ellen sees clients for a variety of reasons including life transitions, trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, grief, areas of abuse, anger, anxiety, depression, marital struggles and co-parenting issues. She also has expertise with adoption, special needs children and the unique needs of military personnel and their families. She is trained and enjoys working from a multicultural perspective. Ellen practices from a strengths-based biopsychosocial approach.
Areas of Expertise
Psychotherapy, Family & Group Counseling and Individual Therapy.
Change continues throughout life as an adult. To stay in balance, adults must make occasional adjustments. Therapy encourages the examination of personal experiences, thoughts, behaviors and feelings that may be undermining an individual’s happiness. During the therapeutic process, Ellen helps the individual, marital and pre-marital couples identify the area of concern, break it down into manageable parts and address each part thoroughly. Therapy can help the individual and also improve their personal and work support systems. Areas challenging adults often include:
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Finding and developing healthy, satisfying intimate relationships
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Exploring and embracing major life changes like marriage or parenthood
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Enhancing personal communication skills
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Learning new ways to cooperatively co-parent
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Substance abuse/use
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Reflecting on what you value and developing realistic ways to live by it
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Changing long held assumptions and trying new behaviors
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Managing anger and anxiety
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Healing after trauma, grief, or loss
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Explore couples compatability
Family Counseling in El Dorado Hills
Contact Me
The first 2-4 sessions will involve a comprehensive evaluation of your needs. During this initial assessment phase, we will decide if working together feels like a good fit for each of us. Therapy involves a commitment of time, energy and money, so it is important to select a therapist you feel can address your specific needs.
My current office locations are in Vacaville and El Dorado Hills, Ca. I serve families across the USA.
Breakthrough Counseling
Ellen Scharffenberg, LCSW
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5000 Windplay Drive, Unit 3, Suite 209
El Dorado Hills, CA 95672