About Emily
Emily Keehn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with four years of practice. She focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and compassion fatigue. Her style is calm and direct, and she works with people who want practical skills and clear steps forward.
She uses a trauma-aware lens and draws on methods from dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive approaches. Sessions emphasize building a strong working relationship and learning tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication.
How Emily works
Emily aims to help people feel more steady day to day. Clients often bring concerns about relationships, family problems, career stress, addiction, or coping with major life changes. She also supports those dealing with chronic pain, caregiver strain, fertility and medical issues, and the mix of financial and emotional pressures.
Work with her looks at both immediate coping and longer-term goals. Emily favors an honest, collaborative approach. She listens closely, offers clear feedback, and helps people try small experiments between sessions.
Practical homework and mindfulness practices are common parts of the work. Therapy sessions happen by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are arranged through a subscription plan that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on therapist availability.
Emily lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. Together they try methods and adjust the plan if needed so the work fits real life and feels useful.
Online therapy gives several practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and more natural conversation when time allows. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity of care across changing schedules.
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