About Emberlene
Emberlene "Ember" Cossette is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) based in Washington. She offers direct, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, sleep problems, depression, anger, or big life changes. Ember focuses on helping people who struggle with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.
She also helps individuals navigate relationship and family-related struggles such as communication problems, blended family issues, divorce and separation, and family of origin wounds.
How Emberlene works
Her work pulls from client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own goals and perspective. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and Solution-Focused strategies to set small, concrete goals. Trauma-focused approaches are used when past harm is affecting daily life.
Ember earned a Master of Social Work and practices with the belief that mental health is a basic human right. She brings seven years of professional experience in mental health and social work settings to her online practice. Sessions are offered in English and include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
To begin, a person follows the site process to match with a therapist and then schedules sessions according to availability. Ember aims for straightforward, respectful conversation and clear steps people can use between sessions.
Emberlene lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Emberlene works with
The areas below are the ones Emberlene selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Approaches and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy puts the person front and center by focusing on their goals, values, and what matters most to them. This approach is useful for people who want therapy that responds to their pace and priorities.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and then practice different ways of thinking and acting. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with stressful changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ember will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That can mean using client-centered conversation alongside CBT techniques or bringing in trauma-focused strategies when past harm is affecting daily life.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people hold a longer session with face-to-face interaction, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a shorter check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between sessions.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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