Emily Nielsen
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
California therapists accepting new clients
Dr. David SommersLCSW · 40 years experienceIntimacy-related issues · Parenting issues · GriefWork with David
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About Emily
I am a licensed therapist in California with 10 years of professional experience. I have been helping clients with reducing stress, anxiety, creating healthy relationships, good communication, boundaries, coping with change, sadness, loss, & intimacy related issues. I am a strengths based clinician & believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards making a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
What Emily helps with
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
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- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How Emily works
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Emily is amazing, she’s so patient and understanding. She gives positive feedback”
- “O<br /> After our first meeting she has been great”
- “I am so thankful for Emily’s insight and validation and ability to help me move forward through my grief and relationship conflicts. After 6 month of therapy, I was able to heal enough to<br /> get off my antidepressant meds and take shift a few of my perspectives on difficult family relationships and move towards happiness again! thank you Emily, you are helping me and others towards inward and outward Freedom healing!”
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- “Considerate, respectful and knowledgeable about the topics we discuss and the things I need help with and learning to do with those things in my life.”
- “Very thoughtful and logical therapist. She weighs emotion and logic to come up with good advice.”
- “Emily has been great! I was hesitant to start virtual couple's therapy but it has been better than I had expected so far. We've only had 2 sessions so far but I am looking forward to having more.”
- “I had a really great session with you and look forward to many more sessions. You were very helpful and gave me a lot of information on how I can improve my well being.”
- “Emily is knowedgeable, takes an active role in our discussions, advises solutions and is a nice person. I am glad I was coupled with her.”
- “Emily is great! I appreciate her help.”
- “Emily has been very helpful in my journey of self awareness. I feel safe opening up with fragile emotions and she offers up sound input for me while on my road to better self awareness.”
- “Emily is great! She understands, listens and is knowledgeable about what has been happening in my life. She is aware that some of these things that I am dealing with can be some serious concerns. I would recommend her expertise to others that are in need of a therapist.”
- “My therapist is very helpful, understanding and supportive.”
- “I appreciate Emily a lot . She’s positive and considerate. I look forward to speaking to her weekly.”
- “Great therapist and experienced with helping others with life skills, anxiety, depression and more.”
- “Emily is an awesome therapist”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.