About Emily
Emily Foister is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, and depression. Emily speaks English and aims to help people find practical ways to feel more grounded and capable.
She approaches therapy in plain terms and with steady support. Emily helps people notice what is getting in the way and build simple skills to manage strong feelings.
How Emily works
Sessions tend to focus on understanding reactions, practicing coping strategies, and rebuilding confidence over time. With two decades of practice behind her, Emily brings experience working through complex issues like attachment struggles, blended family dynamics, and substance use concerns. She also supports people facing first responder stress, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and isolation.
Her work often addresses communication problems, commitment worries, and body image or control issues. Emily encourages small, manageable steps. She helps clients process trauma responses, work through grief or loss, and develop routines that reduce overwhelm.
The aim is clearer thinking and more consistent choices, not quick fixes. To begin, Emily asks people to identify a few realistic goals and then maps simple strategies to reach them. She supports work on forgiveness, coping with disasters, and repairing strained relationships.
Her practical focus is on helping people move forward with renewed confidence and hope.
What Emily works with
The areas below are the ones Emily selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Emily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach helps people learn specific coping skills for anxiety and stress so they can respond differently to strong emotions and reduce overwhelm. Another approach focuses on understanding and repairing attachment patterns to improve relationships and reduce isolation by learning new ways to connect and communicate.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Emily works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She regularly adjusts the plan as progress is made so the work stays relevant and realistic.
Online therapy makes regular work easier to fit into life. Video calls allow more in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief updates or reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and communication styles, while keeping therapy consistent and accessible.
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