Emily Salkever-Scott, LPC, LCMHC

Emily Salkever-Scott uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) along with several other practical approaches to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, LCMHC. Emily works from a person-centered stance and focuses on goals the client sets. Emily has seven years of experience in clinical settings. She describes her style as trauma-informed and hopeful about change. In sessions she helps people address anxiety, depression, grief, and stress through clear, step-by-step techniques and problem-solving. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when emotions feel overwhelming. Attachment-based ideas shape work around trust and intimacy concerns. Sessions emphasize small experiments and skills that can be practiced between meetings. Emily supports people facing addictions, coping with life changes, and career or parenting stress. She also works with concerns such as sleeping problems, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes work with a wide range of relationship and identity issues. Therapy with Emily is collaborative. She asks what the client wants to change, then matches strategies to those goals. The tone is practical, direct, and warm, aimed at helping people make steady, manageable progress.

Using CBT and ACT tools in online care

Emily commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. CBT often involves short experiments, worksheets, and step-by-step practice to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and address sleep or concentration problems.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to clarify personal values that guide meaningful action. Attachment-based ideas help when trust or intimacy have been damaged by past experiences, with attention to how relationships shape feelings and expectations.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. Emily will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they decide which tools to try first. That collaboration lets therapy shift as needs change over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video works well for hands-on skills and face-to-face conversation, phone calls help when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can support brief check-ins or between-session coaching.