About Emily
Emily Adler is a licensed clinical social worker based in Missouri. She brings eight years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety, process trauma and abuse, and build confidence. Emily emphasizes a down-to-earth style and a belief that people know their own stories best.
She uses practical, goal-oriented methods that focus on what helps now. Sessions often include short-term skills for coping with anxiety and ways to break unhelpful thought patterns.
Background and approach
She also helps people work through relationship and family tensions in a calm, steady way. Emily draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities. That means she listens first and shapes the plan around what the person wants to change.
When trauma is part of the picture, she uses trauma-focused techniques to help people feel safer and more in control over time. She also uses cognitive behavioral tools to spot and shift negative thinking, and solution-focused steps to build small, practical changes. Those approaches are mixed to match each person's pace and goals.
Emily aims to make sessions clear, useful, and easy to apply between meetings. People who reach out can expect straightforward language and a supportive presence. Emily encourages small steps and tracks progress so people can see what’s working.
Her practice suits people who want concrete tools for anxiety, grief, parenting strain, life changes, and career or relationship concerns.
How Emily’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s priorities and values, so sessions begin by listening and shaping goals around what matters most. This approach helps people feel heard and keeps work practical and relevant to daily life.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems, low mood, and building coping skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and then suggest a mix of methods. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful and what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone wants written notes to reread. These options make it easier to get consistent help while balancing work, family, and other obligations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Missouri, Kansas, West Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado
- Languages
- English
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