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Online therapist

Emily Wiley

Compassionate support for everyday parenting and life challenges

Credentials
LISW
Experience
3 years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Emily

Emily Wiley is a licensed independent social worker in Ohio. She brings three years of clinical experience to her practice and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Emily uses straightforward, practical support to help clients cope with life changes and everyday challenges.

She aims to build resilience and clearer self-understanding. Sessions often include talking through emotions, improving communication, and learning ways to handle anger, guilt, or shame.

Background and approach

Emily works with issues that affect daily life like sleep and eating difficulties, parenting stresses, and career pressures. Her work includes helping people process trauma and grief. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns and compassion fatigue that can wear people down over time.

Additional areas of focus include attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and challenges linked to autism and intellectual disability. Emily frames therapy around evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She creates a predictable space where clients can try new ways of relating and coping.

The emphasis is on practical steps clients can take between sessions to notice progress and build habits that support long-term change. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Emily supports people dealing with complex feelings tied to life purpose, isolation, and transitions, helping them move toward clearer choices and steadier routines.

How Emily Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online

Emily draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on measurable steps and skills. One common approach she uses helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which can reduce anxiety, low mood, and problems with sleep or eating. Another method centers on processing past hurt and working through trauma so it interrupts daily life less often; this can help with grief and longstanding relationship wounds.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. Emily will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress or new needs emerge.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make therapy fit into busy family and work schedules. These options let people connect from home, continue care during life transitions, and use shorter check-ins when that is more helpful. The format is chosen to match the work they will do together and the client’s day-to-day life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns can Emily help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, sleep and eating problems, anger, self esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes among others.
What is her approach to therapy and style in sessions?
Therapy is practical and compassionate, focusing on building resilience and clearer self-understanding through talk, skill practice, and communication work tailored to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience as a licensed clinician working with a range of emotional and relational concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is an LISW - Licensed Independent Social Worker - with license number OH LISW I.2405876, and she practices in Ohio.
In which language are sessions conducted and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to get started?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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