Ellie Mental Health - West Hartford, CT

12/24/2025

Jamie is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with three years of experience providing mental health support across outpatient, school, and medical settings. Jamie offers a compassionate, evidence-based approach to therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, helping clients navigate emotional challenges and build lasting resilience.

With specialized experience in anxiety, depression, trauma, and adjustment-related concerns, Jamie is dedicated to supporting individuals and families seeking greater emotional balance, healthier coping skills, and meaningful personal growth.

Jamie integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and expressive modalities such as play and art-based techniques. Using a person-centered, strengths-oriented framework, Jamie tailors treatment to each client’s developmental stage and unique needs-creating a supportive, nonjudgmental space where children, teens, and adults feel safe to explore their experiences.

Committed to fostering growth, healing, and emotional well-being across the lifespan, Jamie partners closely with clients and families to strengthen relationships, build skills, and support long-term wellness.

Jamie is accepting new clients and families ages 6+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, Anthem, and more. Don't wait-prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

10/23/2025

Rachael J. Benoit is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with nearly a decade of experience in the mental health and substance abuse field. Graduating from Central Connecticut State University, she has built her career working with couples, families, teenagers, and adults.

Employing a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and the Gottman Method, Rachael tailors her sessions to meet each client's unique needs. Her commitment to helping others overcome challenges and improve their relationships is evident in her compassionate and dedicated approach to her work.

Rachael is accepting new clients and couples age 20+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, UHC, and more. Don't wait-prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

10/21/2025

Ashley Campbell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who has been working with children, adolescents, adults, and families for over 6 years. During that time, she has worked in a variety of treatment settings, including residential, in-home, and outpatient.

She has experience treating trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, relational conflict, and difficulty with life transitions. Her therapeutic approach blends strength-based and solution-focused perspectives with empathy and humor, in efforts to create a safe space for processing and change. She also utilizes a collaborative approach, based on her belief that clients are the experts of their story and have the ability to manage their lives after getting "unstuck".

Her clinical interventions are influenced by training in the following modalities: Structural Family Therapy, Systemic Family Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Bowenian Family Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Ashley is passionate about meeting clients where they are in their healing journey, and helping them move forward with clarity and confidence.

Ashley is accepting new clients age 16+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, UHC, and more. Don't wait-prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

07/31/2025

Rebecca is a Licensed Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) who is committed to creating a safe, compassionate space for individuals and couples to explore their thoughts and emotions. Rebecca has worked with diverse clients across residential homes, community agencies, outpatient facilities, and private practice, including a specialization with youth in the foster care system. Becca's approach is eclectic and client-centered, integrating modalities such as cognitive behavioral and narrative therapy to foster growth, empowerment, and self-understanding.

Becca is accepting new clients age 10+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, Anthem/BCBS, UHC, and more. Don’t wait—prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

07/23/2025

Maggie is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) from Fairfield University offering strengths-based, holistic, and person-centered care; with experience in nonprofit and clinical settings. She has supported individuals and families through isolation, illness, and life’s emotional complexities, using her warmth, humor, and her deeply compassionate presence to her work. She creates a safe and nonjudgmental space where healing and growth can unfold by drawing from CBT, DBT, and narrative therapy techniques.

Maggie is now accepting new clients age 10+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, Anthem/BCBS, UHC, and more. Don’t wait—prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

07/15/2025

In a recent blog post, Ellie therapist Dr. Christy Sim, LMSW, breaks down a critical truth about trauma work: traditional talk therapy often misses the mark when it comes to treating trauma, because it relies on language and cognition—parts of the brain that shut down during traumatic events.

Sometimes trauma healing requires more than words. Some alternate options might be to:
🎨 Use imagery to engage the midbrain
✍️ Let writing come before speaking
🗣 Gently assign language after connection is made

Trauma disconnects people from their voice, their sense of safety, and their agency. The right kind of therapy can give all of that back.

Read the full article:

Explore trauma healing beyond talk therapy: art, writing & somatic exercises for creative, consent-based empowerment.

07/11/2025

Most of us listen to respond, not to understand.

Active listening is a skill, and it doesn't always come naturally. It means slowing down, staying present, and showing someone that their words matter. Here are a few tips:

👂 Put your phone away
⏸ Pause before responding
🧠 Reflect back what you hear
❓ Ask questions, not solutions
💬 Validate their feelings

Want to get better at it? Try one of these tips in your next conversation and see what shifts.

07/10/2025

Tyler is an Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT-A) who utilizes a strength-based and client-focused approach using humor, creativity, warmth, and genuine and empathic communication to deliver quality services. Tyler has 5+ years’ experience working with children, adolescents, couples, and families in a variety of settings, including individual, school, couples, and family therapy. Her expertise is in Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Structural Therapy, Applied Behavioral Analysis (Autism), and therapeutic play/art techniques.

Tyler is accepting new clients age 4+ with major insurance plans like Aetna, Cigna, Husky, Anthem/BCBS, UHC, and more. Don’t wait—prioritize your mental health today. 📅✨ Ready to take the next step? Contact us now at 860-969-2399 to schedule your session!

06/25/2025

Myth: “Therapy is just too expensive.” 💸
Let’s bust that.

Yes, therapy can be pricey, but there are way more options than many people realize. From using insurance or your HSA/FSA, to exploring sliding scale fees or EAP benefits through work, there are real, accessible ways to make therapy affordable.

In this video, one of our therapists, Davin, is walking you through options that might be available to you or someone you know. Mental health support shouldn’t feel out of reach.

Save this for yourself or send it to a friend who’s been putting off therapy because of cost.

06/20/2025

Summer is here (but so are the stressors)!

From changes in routine to social overwhelm or heat-induced crankiness, summer can take a toll. This is your reminder to build in coping skills that actually work for you.

What will you be trying today? 😎