- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Attachment focus
About Emily
Emily Chavie is a Florida Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 19 years of clinical experience. She has worked across a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family difficulties. She also focuses on areas such as codependency, forgiveness, guilt and shame, parenting challenges, and self-esteem struggles.
Emily typically uses cognitive behavioral methods alongside dialectical behavior techniques and collaborative, client-centered work. Sessions are practical and talk‑based. She helps people map unhelpful patterns, notice what matters to them, and practice new ways of responding to difficult emotions.
Her background includes a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and nearly two decades of direct practice with individuals, groups, couples, and families. That experience informs how she frames problems and sets goals with people. She draws on attachment ideas to look at how past relationships affect current trust, closeness, and boundaries.
In sessions she tends to blend acceptance and commitment ideas with skills from CBT and DBT. That mix aims to reduce reactivity, improve emotion regulation, and clarify personal values. She also addresses specific concerns such as postpartum depression, addiction, self-harm, and social anxiety.
People who come for help with guilt and shame often work on self-directed thinking, forgiveness, and rebuilding personal narratives. Emily’s approach is conversational and action-focused, with practical tools and brief experiential work when it fits the client’s goals.
How Emily uses therapeutic approaches online
Emily commonly integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her work. ACT focuses on helping people notice what they value, accept difficult feelings, and take actions that align with those values. CBT looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical strategies to change them.She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns of closeness, trust, and boundaries. That perspective can help when guilt or shame ties back to family roles or earlier experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of what happens in sessions. Emily works collaboratively to test methods and adjust what they try based on the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. She explains options and helps pick practical steps to practice between meetings.
The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people appreciate that remote work can fit better into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or remove travel time. The focus is on making sessions workable within everyday life while using ACT, CBT, and attachment ideas to address guilt, shame, mood, and relationship concerns.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, mood disorders like depression and bipolar, anxiety, grief, addictions, guilt and shame, and related concerns listed in her profile.
How does she approach therapy for guilt or shame?
She blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas and attachment work to examine self‑critical thinking and rebuild personal narratives.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 19 years of professional experience and a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, with work across individual, group, couples, and family settings.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Florida LMFT and practices in Florida.
Can I have sessions in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.