Emily Salkever-Scott, LPC, LCMHC

Emily Salkever-Scott is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with seven years of practical experience. She offers a hopeful, person-centered approach that focuses on what each person wants to get from therapy. Emily uses straightforward conversation and practical steps to help people make change. Her work is trauma-informed and emphasizes respect for each person's story. She blends methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy with acceptance and commitment ideas. This mix helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, anger, and relationship concerns including intimacy and trust issues. Emily often helps people facing life transitions, parenting stresses, burnout, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those with ADHD, addiction concerns, and mood challenges such as bipolar disorder. Her approach is collaborative - she listens first, then helps form goals that fit daily life. In sessions Emily focuses on skills that can be used between meetings, like emotion regulation, clearer communication, and values-based choices. She draws on attachment-focused ideas when relationship patterns are central to the work. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. People meet Emily in a straightforward, respectful way and plan next steps together. She welcomes conversations about cultural and identity concerns and works to help people rebuild trust and move forward at a manageable pace.

How Emily's approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing what matters to you and taking small steps that align with those values. It is useful for coping with life changes, anxiety, and ongoing stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. It often includes homework and skills to practice between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current intimacy and trust; it can help when relationship or attachment issues are central. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Emily will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She combines methods when that better fits a person’s needs and checks in regularly to adjust the plan. The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and make it easier to keep regular appointments. Online talks also let the therapist assign and review practical exercises that can be done between sessions, like emotion regulation practices or communication experiments, which supports steady progress over time.