About Emma
Emma Franke is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She draws on six years of clinical experience to support people working through relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem concerns. Her approach values each person as the expert in their own story and builds on the strengths they already have.
Emma focuses on practical, do-able steps that fit into real life. She offers a calm space to talk through what feels overwhelming and to try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions include problem-solving, goal-setting, and skills practice guided by the client's priorities. She also addresses concerns such as grief, addiction, sleep and eating problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue. People who are navigating major life changes or ongoing mood challenges like depression or bipolar disorder can find steady support in her work.
Emma pays attention to patterns that come from attachment and family of origin issues and helps people notice how those patterns affect present relationships. Therapy with Emma moves at the client's pace. She aims to foster clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and improved self-trust.
Practical homework and coaching-style guidance are offered when helpful to build momentum between sessions. Emma provides services in English and works through typical online formats. She encourages anyone feeling stuck or overwhelmed to consider a brief intake to see if her style feels like a good match.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Emma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavioral change. One approach emphasizes learning and practicing coping skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress, helping people try concrete tools like breathwork, activity scheduling, and problem-solving strategies to handle daily challenges. Another approach centers on understanding relationship and attachment patterns, helping clients notice recurring behaviors and try new ways to communicate and set boundaries in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't worked before, then shape sessions around those needs. That partnership helps tailor techniques so they fit the client's life and pace.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or ongoing reflection without a scheduled call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain steady contact during periods of change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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