About Emily
Emily Goodyear is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who blends practical tools with a mindfulness-informed presence. She offers straightforward guidance for people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship strain, and major life changes. Emily keeps sessions direct and grounded so clients can make steady progress.
She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered methods to help people clarify values and take manageable steps toward change. Emotionally-Focused and trauma-focused approaches guide work on attachment wounds and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are woven in to help regulate strong emotions and reduce reactivity. Emily has six years of clinical counseling experience. That background includes helping people cope with grief, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood shifts, and patterns of codependency or control.
She also supports those processing adoption and foster-care concerns, body image, and identity questions. In sessions she aims for honest, respectful conversations that challenge and encourage. Emily uses practical exercises, reflective listening, and goal-focused planning so people leave with clear next steps.
She adapts methods to fit each person’s situation and preferences. Her style mixes direct feedback with warmth and curiosity. Clients who want to build self-worth, manage stress, or rebuild after trauma will find a therapist who focuses on real-life change and steady skill-building.
How Emily’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most and commit to small, values-based actions. It’s useful for overwhelm, anxiety, and when life changes make it hard to move forward. Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on the patterns that shape close relationships and helps people identify and shift interaction cycles to improve connection and reduce conflict. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to calm the body and observe thoughts without getting pulled into them, which supports stress and trauma work.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Emily will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they’ll try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy in this practice is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between visits or provide brief coaching during a busy day. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments while keeping focus on real progress.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English