About Blakely
Blakely Adams offers straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, changes, or questions about identity. She writes plainly and listens carefully, helping clients notice their strengths and take practical steps forward. Blakely is an LSCSW - Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker - with 12 years of social work experience in Kansas.
She focuses on strengths-based and solution-focused work that looks for small, doable changes. Sessions tend to center on real-life problems and immediate strategies that people can try between meetings.
How Blakely works
Blakely also brings methods from narrative and existential approaches to help people name the stories they live by and find meaning when circumstances shift. Common topics she addresses include anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, identity concerns related to LGBT issues, grief, trauma and abuse, and struggles with attention or impulsivity.
She also helps people coping with career strain, caregiver stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and life transitions. In sessions she aims to build on what a person already knows about themselves. Conversations look at values, practical skills, and small experiments that test new ways of responding.
The overall goal is clearer choices and less time spent stuck in old patterns. Blakely works with people by phone, video, live chat, or text-based messaging. She offers a direct, collaborative style and focuses on solutions that fit each person's daily life and responsibilities.
Blakely lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Blakely works with
The areas below are the ones Blakely selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LSCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kansas |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online work
Dialectical Behavior Therapy - DBT focuses on building practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving relationships, and reducing impulsive actions. It is useful for people who want clear tools to handle stress, anger, or impulsivity.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying what works and expanding it. Sessions aim to set small, achievable goals and use short experiments to create change quickly, which can be helpful for career issues, life transitions, or coping with burnout.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and everyday constraints to choose methods that fit. They mix techniques from different approaches as needed and adjust plans based on what helps.
Online formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skill teaching and real-time feedback. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be simpler to schedule during a break. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, and moment-to-moment coping between sessions. These options offer flexibility so people can try what works best for them.
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