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- Stress and anxiety
- Communication and boundaries
- Grief and loss
About Emily
Emily Nielsen, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), is licensed in California and has 10 years of clinical experience. She works on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes. She uses client-centered work alongside cognitive and emotional approaches to address immediate problems and longer-standing patterns.
Her style focuses on clear, practical conversation. Sessions include talking through communication and boundary challenges. She helps people develop skills to manage anxiety and anger, and to cope with loss and major life transitions.
Emily integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas when exploring how emotions shape relationship patterns. Elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy offer concrete skills for distress tolerance and emotional regulation.
She also draws on client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on the client’s perspective. Jungian ideas inform work with deeper meaning, symbolism, and personal narratives when that fits the client’s goals. This mix supports both short-term problem solving and more reflective work.
Practical concerns like parenting, blended family stress, caregiver strain, and codependency are part of her focus. She also addresses attachment issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and fatherhood issues. People who want direct conversation and skill-based techniques often find this approach useful.
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Therapeutic approaches used in online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client’s perspective and priorities. The therapist listens closely and shapes conversation around what the client brings. This approach helps with clarity, decision making, and emotional processing.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses straightforward experiments and practice to change patterns that keep stress and anxiety going. CBT is useful for anxiety, anger, and coping with life changes.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and distress. It includes techniques for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That process is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can use online work to offer both skill-focused sessions and deeper reflective work depending on the client’s goals.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, intimacy issues, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style?
She uses a client-centered approach with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, EFT, and Jungian ideas depending on goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional experience in clinical practice.
What credential and region apply?
She is an LMFT licensed in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988.