About Emily
Emily Adler is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on practical, person-centered care. She brings eight years of professional experience and works from a straightforward, respectful approach that centers the person's goals. Emily believes people know their own stories and builds on the strengths they already have.
She often helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and struggles with motivation and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, relationship challenges, and issues related to parenting and caregiving.
Background and approach
Her practice includes attention to addiction concerns, sleep problems, and career or life transitions. Emily uses simple, goal-oriented methods that fit each person. Sessions are conversational and collaborative.
She focuses on small, practical steps that can change day-to-day life and reduce overwhelm. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental presence and clear suggestions to try between meetings. Emily pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions and helps people develop new ways to cope.
The work blends attention to emotions, problem solving, and rebuilding confidence. She is licensed as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW and also holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - LICSW. Emily practices from Missouri and offers a range of remote session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and following the person's priorities. In online sessions this means the therapist reflects what matters most to the client and helps shape goals that feel realistic. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thinking and behavior patterns and tests small changes in daily life. CBT works well over video or messaging because homework and short experiments can be reviewed between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them over time so the approach fits the client's life and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different schedules. Video gives a face-to-face feel for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Messaging and live chat support quick check-ins, short coaching-style moments, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options help make therapy fit into busy days and changing routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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