Eleanor Ezell, LCSW

Child and Family Therapy Collective

Eleanor Ezell completed her Masters in Social Work at New York University, graduating with Honors. Prior to her graduate education, she worked at Yale University, Kurtz Psychology and received her B.A. in Psychology from Sewanee: University of the South.

Eleanor is the Founder and Clinical Director at Child and Family Therapy Collective. CFTC is a group multi-disciplinary mental health private practice where practical, evidence-based therapeutic support is grounded in respect for each child, family, and their values. Our mission is to empower parents and caregivers to support their children through this world with the use of aligned and helpful support systems. Our vision is to give every child access to their childhood through evidence-based treatment.

CFTC SM Program includes individual, community, group and intensive services. SM Camp is offered twice per year.

Previously, Eleanor was personally grant funded to expand selective mutism services to the state of Mississippi. She replicated the SM Intensive model to Mississippi and trained 12 clinicians to treat patients in the state. Prior to her grant, she completed a two year Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she is on a multi-disciplinary fellowship team to allow every child multi-disciplinary care. Prior to moving south, she worked in private practice and day treatment centers. She trained in New York under the direction of Dr. Steven Kurtz in the treatment of Disruptive Behavior and Anxiety Disorders, specifically ADHD, ODD, SM and Social Anxiety.

Through years of exposure and treatment of SM, Eleanor has co-duplicated the “Brave Buddies/Mighty Mouth Kids” Program in three locations and continues to treat children with SM across the state of Mississippi and Tennessee. Eleanor is Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Certified, Selective mutism trainer, a Teacher-Child Interaction Therapy (TCIT) Trainer and Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement (CARE) Trainer.

Contact information:

Eleanor Ezell, LCSW

Licensure: TN & MS

Founder and Clinical Director

Child and Family Therapy Collective

P: 615.649.4444

E: eleanor@childfamilytherapycollective.com

W: childfamilytherapycollective.com (request services here)