About Emily
Emily Mayback is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York. She brings 13 years of experience in the human services field and focuses on practical support for common struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, substance use, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and interactive.
She treats people with respect and starts by listening to what matters most to them. Clients help set goals and shape the plan so therapy fits their life and priorities.
How Emily works
Emily uses straightforward methods to help people manage symptoms and make changes. She draws on approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. These tools are used to address issues like grief, trauma, parenting strain, intimacy questions, and career stress.
She has particular experience supporting people with drug and alcohol addiction alongside mood concerns, bipolar disorder, and coping with life transitions. Sessions emphasize small, doable steps and skills that can be used between meetings. Emily typically responds to messages once in the morning and once in the evening on weekdays.
She steps away on weekends to recharge, and does not send messages or schedule sessions then. She welcomes people who speak English and accepts international clients.
Emily lists 5 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
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. It creates space for people to say what matters and for the therapist to shape goals around their priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical strategies that reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing techniques to manage stress and to reduce reactivity in difficult moments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what works. That means sessions can change over time as needs and priorities evolve rather than following a fixed script.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations and seeing expressions, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in in shorter bursts, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue progress even when routines change.
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