For Professionals & Referral Partners

Looking for a therapist for someone you support?

Finding the right therapist for a client, patient, student, colleague, or loved one can be a meaningful part of their care. Making a referral isn't simply about finding someone who has availability. It is about finding someone whose experience, approach, and way of being will be a good fit for the person seeking support.

At Ellie Lipton Therapy Group, we provide psychotherapy to individuals, couples, non-monogamous partnerships, and families, with a particular focus on LGBTQIA+ competent and affirming care.

We welcome referrals from therapists, physicians, psychiatrists, educators, attorneys, coaches, school administrators, and other professionals who are looking for thoughtful, collaborative care for someone they support.

Who might be a good fit for our practice?

Our clinicians work with people navigating a wide range of experiences. Some come to therapy with a specific concern, while others know that something isn't working but aren't quite sure how to name it.

We have particular experience with:

  • LGBTQIA+ identity, gender, and sexuality

  • Relationships, attachment, and family dynamics

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Trauma and complex trauma

  • Chronic illness, disability, and Long COVID

  • Grief and loss

  • Body image and eating concerns

  • ADHD, Autism, and AuDHD

  • Life transitions and identity exploration

  • Athlete mental health

  • Substance use recovery

  • The effects of marginalization, oppression, and other systemic experiences

We believe that individual pain is rarely isolated from the systems and structure in which we live. Our clinicians bring different experiences and areas of focus to their work, allowing us to consider not only what someone is struggling with, but also the larger context of their life.

  • Ellie is the Clinical Director of Ellie Lipton Therapy Group and provides psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families. She has extensive experience providing LGBTQIA+ affirming and competent care and has worked with people across the lifespan and in a range of clinical settings.

    Ellie’s work includes relationships and attachment, gender and sexuality, family dynamics, life transitions, chronic illness and Long COVID, athlete mental health, and neurodivergence. Ellie specialized experience with athletes includes youth, collegiate, and professional athletes.

    Ellie's approach is influenced by psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy, attachment theory, contemplative psychology, somatics, and social justice theories.

    Ellie may be a good fit for someone looking for support with:

    • LGBTQIA+ identity, gender, or sexuality

    • Relationships, attachment, and couples work

    • Family dynamics and communication

    • Chronic illness or Long COVID

    • Athlete mental health

    • ADHD, Autism, or AuDHD

    • Life transitions and identity development

    • Complex concerns that benefit from a relational and psychodynamic approach

    Ellie enjoys providing care to other therapists and social workers.

    [Learn more about and contact Ellie →]

  • Claudia believes that healing happens in relationship. Her work is grounded in depth psychology, relational psychotherapy, and attachment theory.

    She works with individuals, couples, and non-monogamous partnerships navigating relationship difficulties, identity exploration, substance use recovery, disordered eating, anxiety, grief, life transitions, and the complicated process of becoming more fully themselves. Claudia has a particular passion for working with LGBTQ+ clients and people exploring body image and their relationship with food.

    Claudia brings a warm, grounded, and deeply curious presence to therapy. She believes that therapy can be a place to slow down, look beneath the surface, and understand ourselves with greater compassion.

    Claudia may be a good fit for someone looking for support with:

    • Anxiety and/or depression

    • LGBTQ+ specific themes

    • Gender and identity exploration

    • Sex and sexuality

    • Body image and eating concerns

    • Trauma

    • Grief and loss

    • Relationship and attachment concerns

    • Substance use issues and recovery

    • Life transitions

    • Couples and relationship therapy

    • Teen specific issues

    [Learn more about and contact Claudia →]

  • Shay's work is grounded in community care and collective liberation. She recognizes the ways that systems and social conditions can affect our lives and brings an anti-oppressive, harm-reduction, and disability-justice lens to their work.

    Shay has experience working with people impacted by chronic and terminal illness, disability, incarceration and the justice system, homelessness, sexual and domestic violence, and other forms of systemic marginalization. They have a particular interest in working with queer and trans communities.

    Shay’s clinical approach is informed by humanistic, somatic, relational, social justice, and systems theories. She believes therapy can be a place for healing, learning, growth, and empowerment. Shay works collaboratively to understand each person's needs, strengths, and circumstances.

    Shay may be a good fit for someone looking for support with:

    • Queer and trans identity and gender exploration

    • Chronic illness, disability, or Long COVID

    • Terminal illness

    • Complex trauma

    • Sexual trauma

    • Trauma related to incarceration or the justice system

    • Experiences of marginalization or systemic oppression

    • Musicians and other creatives

    • Finding a therapist who incorporates harm reduction and disability justice into their work

    [Learn more about and contact Shay →]

We value collaboration

When appropriate and with a client's consent, we are happy to collaborate with other members of their care team. We believe that good care often happens in relationship—not only between a client and therapist, but among the people and communities supporting them.

We also understand that we aren't the right fit for everyone. If someone you are considering referring to us would be better served elsewhere, we will do our best to help them find a more appropriate resource.

Considering a referral?

If you have someone in mind who may be a good fit for our practice, we'd love to hear from you.

You don't need to know which clinician they should see. Send us what you know about what they're looking for, and we can help determine whether Ellie, Shay, or Claudia may be the best fit.

Get in touch about a referral → Email EllieLiptonTherapy@gmail.com