About Emily
Emily Fitzgerald is a licensed professional counselor practicing in New Jersey who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with self-esteem struggles, motivation, addictions, grief, and LGBT issues. Emily writes in a direct, respectful way and focuses on practical steps that can be used between sessions.
Emily uses straightforward talk and goal-focused work. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to offer tools for managing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Background and approach
Sessions often include simple exercises and clear strategies to try at home. Her style is collaborative. She listens to what matters most and then tailors conversations and plans to each person’s situation.
That might mean building coping skills for anxiety, trying behavior changes for sleep or eating, or working on clearer communication in close relationships. With five years of experience, Emily aims to help people find sustainable ways to cope with life’s changes.
She pays attention to issues like attachment, body image, chronic illness, and mood disorders while keeping sessions practical and paced to individual needs. People come for short-term coaching around goals and for longer work on deeper patterns. Emily speaks English and provides care through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful actions, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for stress, mood problems, sleep issues, and many everyday struggles.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT skills can be helpful for people managing intense emotions, impulsivity, or relationship difficulties.
Finding the right approach is often a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more accessible. Video works well for fuller conversation and skill practice, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can fit short check-ins or homework support. These options let people fit counseling into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on workable tools and steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English