Dr. Emmanuel Oppong
Practical therapy for parents and families
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English, Akan, Twi
- Format
- Online sessions
About Emmanuel
Dr. Emmanuel Oppong offers practical support for families and parents facing stress, relationship strain, addiction, grief, or anxiety. He speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable for worried parents.
Emmanuel is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, with eleven years of experience across many care settings. He works in English, Akan, and Twi and is based in Minnesota. Families and parents can expect straightforward conversations about what is most urgent at home.
Background and approach
He listens first to learn what is working and what is not. Then he helps create step-by-step plans that fit daily life. Sessions focus on real changes, not long lectures.
Emmanuel draws on several practical therapies, including cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking, mindfulness to reduce reactivity, and EMDR for trauma when appropriate. He blends these approaches to match each family's needs. He also uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change.
His background includes work in clinics, schools, prisons, and inpatient and outpatient treatment settings. That variety informs how he adapts plans for different situations and ages. Parents and caregivers who need help with communication, blended family issues, or substance concerns will find direct tools to try between sessions.
Sessions are structured but collaborative. Emmanuel aims to help families build small habits that improve daily life. He encourages questions and slow progress rather than quick fixes.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust so parents and caregivers can state their priorities and feel heard. It helps when families need space to describe problems and decide on practical next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change patterns that get in the way. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and day-to-day parenting stress.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used when trauma is part of the picture; it helps process distressing memories while supporting stability and coping skills.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options and tailor methods to a family's goals, needs, and comfort level. Decisions are collaborative so plans fit real life and feel doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let families fit therapy into busy days and keep continuity when schedules change. Remote sessions let parents join from home, coordinate with partners, or check in between appointments using shorter messages when needed.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English, Akan, Twi
Next step
Talk to Emmanuel
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- Stop at any point