- Years in practice
- 30
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Eileen
Eileen Schrader is a licensed clinical social worker with 30 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and parenting concerns. Her approach is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel more grounded and able to cope.
Eileen blends person-centered listening with emotion-focused and somatic methods. That means she pays close attention to feelings, stories people tell about themselves, and how stress shows up in the body.
Background and approach
Sessions often include breathing and body-based exercises alongside talking and practical problem solving. She offers support for relationship and intimacy-related issues, addictions, eating concerns, and career or life transitions. Eileen also helps people wrestling with abandonment, attachment struggles, family-of-origin problems, and veteran or first responder stresses.
Her work touches on multicultural concerns and the special burdens of compassion fatigue. Eileen integrates personal faith into her perspective when clients want that included, while remaining open to people of all beliefs. She aims to help clients build coping skills, increase self-understanding, and find clearer direction during hard times.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Clients can expect concrete tools and short exercises to use between sessions. Eileen emphasizes small, doable changes that add up over time.
Many people come looking for relief from panic attacks, overwhelm, or repeated patterns, and leave with clearer options and coping steps.
What Eileen works with
Everything Eileen lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Eileen helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Eileen lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused 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 emotion-focused and somatic methods work online
Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person and their immediate concerns, helping them set goals and feel heard. This approach is useful for parenting stress, life transitions, and relationship questions.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and track emotions and the patterns they create in relationships. In sessions, clients look at how feelings shape reactions and try new ways of responding, which can reduce intense cycles and improve connection.
Somatic techniques focus on how stress appears in the body and teach simple breath and movement practices to reduce tension. These exercises are short and repeatable between sessions and can help with panic, trauma symptoms, or overwhelming anxiety.
Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Eileen will collaborate with each client to identify goals and test methods that fit their needs and preferences, adjusting as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for exercises that include facial cues and breath work. Phone calls can be a good shorter check-in when bandwidth is limited, while messaging and live chat let people fit support into busy days. These options make it easier to keep regular momentum during transitions and stressful periods.
Questions people ask about Eileen
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Eileen works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports those dealing with parenting challenges, addictions, eating concerns, career changes, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines client-centered listening with emotionally focused and somatic work. Sessions mix talking, emotion-focused reflection, and simple body or breathing exercises.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience as a Pennsylvania licensed clinical social worker. That background includes a wide range of community and clinical situations.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a Pennsylvania LCSW credential and practices from that state. Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English for people outside the U.S.
What session formats are available?
She meets with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Different formats let clients choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a therapy relationship?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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