Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
How Emily works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Emily
Emily Nielsen is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with ten years of experience. She helps people reduce stress and anxiety, manage anger, and navigate major life changes. She focuses on building clearer communication and healthier patterns in relationships and intimacy.
Emily works with clients who want practical skills and honest conversation to move forward. Her style is strengths-based and respectful. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation.
Background and approach
Sessions mix real-life skills with time to understand feelings and relationship patterns. Emily uses tools from cognitive behavioral and emotion-focused approaches to help people change unhelpful habits and reconnect in relationships. She also draws on client-centered and dialectical skills to support coping with strong emotions and making steady progress.
Typical concerns she addresses include parenting strain, blended family tensions, caregiver stress, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and struggles with shame or guilt. She also helps people through grief, career shifts, and rebuilding after separation. People who come to Emily often want clear steps and caring support.
She aims to empower clients to try new ways of relating and to practice small changes between sessions. The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
What Emily works with
Everything Emily lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Emily's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Emily lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding a person's experience and following their lead. Online sessions using this approach give space for people to describe what matters most and to shape goals that feel achievable.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In video or phone sessions CBT can help identify unhelpful patterns and practice new ways of reacting to stress, anxiety, and anger.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication. These skills can be taught and practiced in live sessions and reinforced with messages or chat between appointments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. This collaborative process makes it easier to choose the strategies that feel useful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like flexible scheduling and multiple ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets clients send updates or practice skills between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Emily
What concerns does Emily commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strain, career transitions, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style like?
Her approach is strengths-based and person-focused. She listens first, then helps clients build practical skills and clearer communication.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience as a licensed therapist in California.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the credential LMFT, which stands for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and practices in California.
In what languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does the cost and getting started process work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session.