About Lindsay
Lindsay Metli is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 11 years of practice in mental health care. She focuses on helping people set clear goals and make steady changes that improve day-to-day functioning and wellbeing. Lindsay aims to create a calm, down-to-earth atmosphere so people can talk honestly and begin to move forward.
She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah and has provided services in community mental health, independent practice, and psychiatric hospitals.
How Lindsay works
Her background includes time in child welfare and volunteer work teaching life skills in a correctional setting. These roles shaped her practical approach to problem solving and advocacy. Lindsay uses an integrative approach that draws on several evidence-based methods.
In sessions she may combine thoughtful conversation with skills training, mindfulness practice, and structured exercises to address symptoms and patterns. She pays attention to how stress, trauma, relationships, and life transitions affect everyday functioning. People reach out to address anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, caregiving strain, and issues around intimacy and relationships.
Lindsay also has experience supporting concerns such as body image, attachment and abandonment worries, blended family questions, and coping with major life changes. The therapeutic process tends to be collaborative and goal-focused. Lindsay helps people set manageable steps, build practical coping tools, and track progress over time.
She aims to help each person find realistic strategies that suit their life and responsibilities.
Lindsay lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Lindsay works with
The areas below are the ones Lindsay selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Utah |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening with respect and helping people find their own solutions; it supports self-direction and helps with motivation and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses clear exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors; it is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches specific skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lindsay will discuss which methods fit a person’s situation, goals, and preferences and adapt techniques as progress is made. The plan is collaborative and adjusted over time to match what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send updates, ask brief questions, or work through skills between meetings. These formats help weave therapy into busy schedules and make consistent follow-up more achievable.
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