Elle Schwan Avery is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 23 years of experience helping adults navigate stressful and painful life moments.
01About Elle
Elle Schwan Avery is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 23 years of experience helping adults navigate stressful and painful life moments. She presents as down-to-earth and easy to talk to, and she aims to create a comfortable, nonjudgmental space where people can sort through feelings and behaviors.
She works with clients eighteen years and older and focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life. She uses an eclectic set of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding patterns, improving communication, and developing coping skills for anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma, and addiction. Elle also addresses relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stresses, caregiver strain, and challenges related to gender and identity. Her style is collaborative - she sees therapy as a partnership where goals are set together.
That often means mixing approaches and trying different strategies until something clicks. She values clear, direct conversation and practical tools people can use between sessions. Outside of clinical work she enjoys yoga and making custom beaded jewelry, which reflect her creative side.
Prospective clients can expect a response to inquiries within 48 hours and can indicate a preferred contact method when reaching out. To begin, people use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Scheduling follows based on the therapist’s availability and the subscription plan terms.
02Credentials
- LPC (Pennsylvania)
- License PC003579 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1053464081 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Elle lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
Approaches that guide online work
Elle uses an eclectic mix of evidence-based techniques selected to fit each person. One common approach focuses on building coping skills and practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. That work often includes identifying unhelpful patterns, practicing new responses, and setting small, achievable goals.Another frequent strand emphasizes understanding attachment and relationship patterns to improve connection and communication. This helps people address intimacy-related problems, commitment worries, and family-of-origin issues by noticing how past experiences shape present reactions.
Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Elle treats the process as collaborative and adjusts methods based on a person’s goals, concerns, and preferences. She will work together with clients to try different techniques until they find what fits best.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow a quicker check-in during a lunch break or between commitments. It also gives therapists flexibility to use exercises, worksheets, and conversation-focused work that translate well to remote sessions.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and a range of relationship and intimacy issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She takes a down-to-earth, collaborative approach and mixes techniques to match each person. Sessions focus on concrete strategies and clear conversation.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 23 years of clinical experience working with adults on diverse concerns and life changes.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Pennsylvania and holds the LPC credential, which stands for licensed professional counselor.
Can I work with her in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with scheduling?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
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