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Emily Magusiak

Compassionate support for parenting and life changes

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Emily

Emily Magusiak is a licensed clinical social worker with over 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and parenting challenges. She works with adults and with children who have intellectual or developmental disorders. Emily also offers support around grief, maternity loss, infertility, sleep problems, ADHD, and self-esteem struggles.

Her approach is practical and respectful. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on strengths and small steps.

Background and approach

Sessions are straightforward and aim to make daily life feel more manageable. Emily encourages honest conversation and clear goals. Emily is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, commonly called EMDR, and is working toward certification in that method.

She offers EMDR sessions to people who are part of her certification process. She blends this with other evidence-based techniques to address trauma, mood symptoms, and coping skills. Clients can expect help sorting priorities, improving communication skills, managing strong emotions, and making parenting demands less overwhelming.

Emily also addresses specific concerns like adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism spectrum conditions, and caregiver stress. She brings ten years of practice to these topics. Emily holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, in Pennsylvania (PA LCSW CW023593).

She conducts sessions in English and accepts international clients when format and scheduling allow.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Emily uses evidence-based methods that fit well into online formats. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is one approach she is trained in and working toward certification in; it helps people process traumatic memories and reduce distress related to past events. She also uses skills-based interventions to teach breathing, grounding, and emotion-regulation techniques that help with anxiety, anger, and sleep problems.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Emily works with each person to match methods to their goals and comfort level. Over a few sessions she and the client decide whether to prioritize trauma processing, symptom management, or skill-building and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to connect from different locations, including for international clients. The variety of formats also allows switching between quick check-ins and longer sessions as needs change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Emily address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, ADHD, and relationship or communication problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and strengths-based. She treats clients as experts on their own lives and focuses on practical steps to improve daily functioning.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has more than 10 years of clinical work across a range of mental health and developmental concerns, including work with adults and children with intellectual or developmental disorders.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Pennsylvania with license number PA LCSW CW023593.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Pennsylvania
Languages
English

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