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Blakely Adams

Practical, strength-based support for parents and adults

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Credentials
LSCSW
Experience
12 years
Licensed in
Kansas
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Blakely

Blakely Adams is a licensed social worker who offers practical support for people facing life’s stresses. She helps clients name what matters to them and build on their strengths. Her style is direct and hopeful, aimed at parents and adults looking for clear steps forward.

Blakely brings 12 years of social work experience to sessions. She leans on solution-focused strategies to set short-term goals and DBT-informed skills to manage strong emotions.

Background and approach

She listens for values and priorities and then helps clients build routines and habits that match those priorities. Conversations in sessions are collaborative. Blakely asks questions to clarify what is getting in the way and then suggests small, practical experiments to try between meetings.

Progress is tracked in concrete ways so clients can see what changes help. She also draws on narrative and existential ideas to help people make sense of difficult chapters in their lives. Those approaches are used to examine personal stories and to identify meaningful choices when life feels confusing or painful.

Blakely works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, parenting, relationship problems, and grief among many others. She practices in Kansas as an LSCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker - and conducts sessions in English. The focus is on steady, usable change rather than quick fixes.

How Blakely’s Approaches Work Online

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving steady routines. It is useful when stress, anger, or mood swings make daily life hard.

Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves. It helps separate problems from identity so clients can revise unhelpful narratives and choose actions that better match their values.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Blakely collaborates with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She may combine skill-building with story work to create a plan that feels practical and meaningful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes therapy more flexible for busy lives. These formats let people fit sessions around parenting, work, or other commitments and try small changes between contacts. The remote options aim to make regular follow-up and skill practice easier for those juggling many responsibilities.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Narrative Therapy

Looking at the story you have come to tell about yourself, and where it came from. The work is in separating the problem from your identity and finding accounts that fit you better.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, parenting, relationship and family problems, trauma and grief, addiction, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
What is her general therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using short-term goals and skills practice. Sessions focus on identifying strengths and trying actionable steps between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of social work experience and draws on that background when helping clients set goals and build skills.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LSCSW, listed as KS LSCSW LSCSW 05270, and practices in Kansas.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the country work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How do fees and the subscription work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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Experience
12 years
Licensed
Kansas
Languages
English

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