- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Emily
Emily Hunt is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She focuses on relationship-centered therapy and helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. Emily emphasizes practical, clear steps so clients can feel understood and make steady progress.
She draws on attachment-based ideas to notice patterns in relationships and how they shape emotions. Emily also uses client-centered listening to follow what matters most to each person.
Background and approach
She blends cognitive behavioral techniques when clients want tools for managing thoughts and behaviors. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Emily listens for strengths, patterns, and small changes that add up.
She often works on communication problems, intimacy-related struggles, and family-of-origin issues with a mix of insight and skill-building. Emily has five years of clinical experience as an LCSW in California. That background includes helping people cope with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Her approach is adaptable to mood disorders, anger, self-esteem problems, and struggles with purpose or isolation. People who choose Emily can expect a warm, steady clinician who values honesty and collaboration. She aims to make therapy understandable and useful, focusing on what clients want to change.
The work often includes small homework tasks, practice conversations, and checking what helps between sessions.
What Emily works with
Everything Emily lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Emily helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Emily lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online relationship and parenting work
Emily draws from attachment-based therapy to explore how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional reactions. This approach helps people identify patterns in connection and feel differently in close relationships. She also uses client-centered therapy which centers the person's own goals and experience; the therapist listens deeply and follows the client's lead to build trust and clarity. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used when practical tools are helpful for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and managing anxiety or mood shifts.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Emily collaborates with clients to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting plans as progress or challenges appear. The process is flexible and focuses on what feels useful to the person receiving care.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and practice around communication. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and messaging allow shorter moments of support between sessions or when writing feels easier. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and maintain consistent contact with a licensed professional.
Questions people ask about Emily
What kinds of concerns does Emily address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is relationship-centered and conversational. She uses listening, empathy, and targeted techniques from several approaches to meet practical goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Emily has five years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. That time includes supporting people through trauma, compassion fatigue, and mood-related challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a California LCSW credential and provides services to people located in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Emily works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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