About Misty
Misty Weiser is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, sleep problems, and depression. She offers calm, down-to-earth support and invites each person to use their own strengths as they work through hard moments. Misty practices from Oregon and brings direct, practical help to conversations about day-to-day struggles.
Misty uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts and act on values.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also integrates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and EMDR when trauma or strong emotions are central concerns. Her background includes work with chronic pain, communication difficulties, isolation and life transitions such as midlife questions or searching for purpose.
She also supports people coping with panic, mood fluctuations, personality-related challenges, and the effects of disaster or military-related stress. Practical tools and steady, respectful listening are central to her style. Misty holds LCSW and CSW credentials and has several years of professional practice.
Sessions may include talking, skill practice, and gradual exposure to difficult memories when appropriate. She values clear, collaborative planning so clients know what to expect and can track progress. Outside clinical work, Misty is an advocate for animal-assisted approaches and enjoys discussing therapy methods with curious clients.
She aims to make therapy a useful, approachable part of someone’s life.
Approaches you can use online with a therapist
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and finding direction when life feels uncertain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change how someone feels. It is useful for panic, mood problems, sleep difficulties, and everyday stressors.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing works with upsetting memories by pairing focused attention with processing techniques to reduce emotional intensity. It is often used when past trauma continues to affect daily life.
Misty treats the choice of approach as a shared decision. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to find a rhythm that feels right.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between appointments or use shorter check-ins during a busy day. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy woven into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Oregon
- Languages
- English