- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Bipolar disorder
About Emily
Emily Shiers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi with two decades of clinical experience. She focuses on practical help for parents and adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, mood concerns, and the strain of life transitions. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people make manageable changes that fit their daily lives.
She spends a lot of time helping people navigate parenting challenges and work related to child protective services and family reunification.
Background and approach
She also brings experience supporting people living with bipolar symptoms, ADHD, trauma, grief, and co-occurring substance use concerns. Her work includes attention to adoption and foster care situations and blended family issues. In sessions she adapts the conversation and plan to each person’s needs.
That means practical strategies, problem-solving, and checking in about what works week to week. She values respect, sensitivity, and a direct but kind approach when discussing difficult topics. Emily has twenty years of professional work in mental health, including experience with populations who have had psychosis.
She draws on that background when someone needs steady, consistent care through complicated situations. Her goal is to help people build clearer routines and more stable relationships. People can expect focused, realistic steps rather than vague goals.
She helps with coping skills for stress, tools for mood management, and ways to handle family and relationship strains. Progress is collaborative and paced to the person’s circumstances.
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.
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches that guide online sessions
Emily uses evidence-based techniques focused on practical change. One common approach is skill-based work that teaches tools for managing anxiety, stress, and mood swings; this involves learning step-by-step strategies to handle difficult moments and daily routines. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care, which pays attention to how past events affect current behavior and relationships and emphasizes steady pacing and safety during conversations.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods, review what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits the person's life and responsibilities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people work face to face when schedules allow. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick reflections, ongoing check-ins, or when writing helps organize thoughts. These options help make therapy fit into busy family and work routines.
Questions people ask about Emily
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps with parenting challenges, bipolar symptoms, anxiety, depression, substance use concerns, trauma, grief, and family-related stress. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues and blended family dynamics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and compassionate with an emphasis on problem-solving and real-life skills. Sessions typically focus on concrete steps to reduce stress and improve daily routines.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has twenty years of professional experience in mental health. That experience includes work with people who have had psychosis and with adults involved in child protective services matters.
What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, abbreviated LPC, and practices out of Mississippi.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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