Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Eileen works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- New Jersey
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Eileen
Eileen Madden is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey who helps people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety, anger, low mood, and other struggles so daily life feels more manageable. Eileen blends straightforward talk with gentle self-compassion.
She encourages clients to notice difficult feelings without letting those feelings define them. That approach includes simple body-based practices that reduce tension and help people feel steadier in the moment.
Background and approach
Her work often centers on restoring a sense of safety and connection to what matters most. She uses tools drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches to change unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based methods to build tolerance for distressing emotions. Skills from emotion-focused and attachment-informed work are used to repair trust and improve relationships with self and others.
Eileen holds degrees from Boston College and brings 13 years of clinical experience in outpatient and in-home settings. She has supported people across a wide age range and has experience with anxiety, sadness, anger, trauma, parenting strain, grief, and related concerns. She values physical health as part of mental wellbeing and models movement and nutrition in her life.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients. Practical, steady, and compassionate care is the aim as people learn to move forward from pain and reconnect with joy.
What Eileen works with
Everything Eileen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Eileen's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Eileen lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Eileen’s Approaches Work Online
Eileen uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept difficult feelings without getting stuck and to clarify what matters most to them. ACT can be useful for anxiety, anger, and major life changes where moving toward values matters more than eliminating feelings.She also draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice concrete skills that reduce emotional reactivity. CBT is practical for managing worry, low mood, and habits that feed stress.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose and adapt methods based on their goals, day-to-day needs, and what feels most helpful in sessions. Adjustments are made over time as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions can fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when a shorter check-in or less bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer ongoing support between sessions or a way to process things in the moment. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, caregiving, and travel.
Questions people ask about Eileen
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, addictions, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends acceptance-based work with cognitive and emotion-focused tools, aiming for direct skills and compassionate reflection.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience in outpatient and in-home care and has worked with a wide age range of clients.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a New Jersey LPC credential and practices from New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.