Emily Nielsen

Calm guidance for life transitions

LMFT California

Experience: 10 years in practice
Focus areas: Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
Approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages: English

About Emily

Emily Nielsen is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California with a decade of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people reduce stress and anxiety while developing healthier relationships, clearer communication, and stronger boundaries.

Background and approach

Her work also addresses grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, and broader life changes, with attention to attachment dynamics and blended family or caregiver stress. Emily brings a strengths-based, client-centered stance to therapy, treating clients with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping conversations and plans to fit each person’s needs.

She blends practical, evidence-informed methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with approaches that honor emotion and meaning, helping clients build coping skills, navigate family-of-origin or commitment issues, and manage feelings like guilt, shame, or emptiness. Emily emphasizes collaboration and empowerment, supporting clients as they take the often-challenging first steps toward change and a more fulfilling life.

Approaches That Translate to Online Care

Emily commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing concrete skills to reduce anxiety and improve coping, which can be taught and practiced during remote sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, respect, and collaboration to create a supportive space for exploring feelings and goals, helping clients feel heard and understood even when meeting remotely.

She also draws on elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation or interpersonal effectiveness skills are a priority, teaching practical techniques that clients can use between sessions. Choosing the most useful approach is a collaborative process; the therapist and client work together to match methods to the client’s needs, goals, and preferences and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for scheduling and access from different locations. These options allow continued work on skills, reflection, and support while fitting therapy into busy lives and varying circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Emily help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career shifts, coping with life changes, and coaching, along with many related family and attachment concerns.

What is her therapeutic style and approach?

Her style is strengths-based and client-centered, combining practical skill-building with attention to emotions and relationship patterns using methods such as CBT, DBT, EFT, and Jungian-informed ideas.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 10 years of professional experience working with a range of life stressors and relational concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she licensed?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist with the credential CA LMFT 88003 and practices in California.

Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are provided in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Emily offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.

How is payment handled and what do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions run through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin working together?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issues

Also works with

Anger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shame Impulsivity Isolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English