Ellen Klavan, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Alexandria, VA — therapist at ThriveTalk

Ellen Klavan, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

19 yrs experience

Updated November 1, 2026 How we verify

About

Ellen Klavan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT) based in Alexandria, Virginia, who has practiced since opening her first private practice in Santa Barbara, California in 2007. She works with individuals and couples on anxiety, depression, relationship issues, and life transitions using an EFT-based, collaborative approach.

Services

  • Marital and premarital counseling
  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Addiction
  • Adoption
  • Alcohol use
  • Codependency
  • Couples therapy
  • Divorce
  • Grief
  • Parenting
  • Relationship issues
  • Substance use
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • ADHD
  • Sleep issues
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Family/Marital therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Relational
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Focused

State licenses

  • California · License #MFC45010 · MFT Active

In the field

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 9 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Core identity, credentials, CA MFC 45010 license, Alexandria VA location, fees, specialties, issues, modalities, populations, session formats (psychologytoday.com)

provider website

NPPES NPI registry

  • NPI 1427385061, name Ellen Treacy Klavan, taxonomy Marriage & Family Therapist, CA license 45010, Santa Barbara CA address, enumeration date 2009-11-03, active status (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

NPI directory (npino.com)

  • Corroborates NPI, name, license number/state, taxonomy, address (npino.com)

practice directory (Washington Baltimore Center for EFT)

  • Lists Ellen Klavan as EFCT/EFIT certified in Alexandria VA; states she is licensed in VA and CA (unverified against a primary VA board record) (wbceft.com)

review platform (Doctor.com)

book retailer (Goodreads)

  • Lists four parenting/family books authored by Ellen Klavan prior to her therapy career (goodreads.com)
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