Gina Ellison, LCPC
Gina Reyes Ellison, LMHC, LCPC is a licensed counselor in Iowa and Illinois with over thirty years of psychotherapy experience. Gina graduated from Moline High School in 1988. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Loyola University Chicago. She received her Master of Arts Degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska in 1994. Gina has worked in a variety of settings. Gina worked with adolescents at the state psychiatric hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska. She is interested in adolescents’ perspectives on life and their goals. At a rehabilitation hospital, she worked with stroke and orthopedic surgery patients and grasped the strong connection between one’s physical and mental health. She treasured her year-long internship helping veterans at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She admires and respects those who have/had the courage to serve in the military.
Gina has been a therapist at two community mental health centers which allowed her to treat all ages and many mental health conditions. Gina has been in private practice since 2009. She provides therapy to individuals, couples, and families in a compassionate, respectful, and non-judgmental manner. Gina understands that beginning therapy can be anxiety inducing, and she encourages you to take that journey. She enjoys working with teenagers and adults on the following issues: adapting to change, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, grief and loss, abuse and trauma, LGBTQ+, relationships, anger management, self-esteem, and stress management. Her main theoretical orientation is Cognitive-Behavioral, but she uses techniques from other theories as well.
In her spare time, she reads, does scrapbooking, and goes to movies, concerts, and plays. Gina and her husband also love to travel, especially cruises. Every evening, she cuddles with her black cat, Cleopatra.
