- Trauma-informed care
- Skills-focused
- Adoption concerns
About Emily
Emily Benton is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) who offers calm, practical support for people facing big life changes. She focuses on trauma recovery, addiction, stress, and finding direction. Her voice is steady and clear, aimed at helping clients take small, useful steps forward.
Emily uses straightforward methods to help people manage anxiety, depression, anger, and low self-esteem. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to teach skills that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Sessions include room for processing painful memories alongside building new coping habits.
Trauma-focused work is a core part of her approach. She helps people notice how past events shape current choices and reactions. That understanding is paired with practical strategies to regain control and feel safer in day-to-day life.
Emily also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care concerns, hospice and end-of-life issues, and the emotional impacts of natural or human-caused disasters. Her background includes working with veterans and young adults, and she is familiar with intellectual disability considerations when they affect emotional health.
People who work with Emily can expect a collaborative atmosphere. She listens first, helps set clear goals, and adjusts strategies as needed. Sessions aim to be useful from week to week while keeping longer-term healing in view.
Using therapy approaches online to meet your needs
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person first. The therapist offers empathy and mirrors concerns back so clients feel heard and can choose their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger. It often includes homework and clear skill practice.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest ways of working together. That plan can shift over time as needs change and progress is reviewed.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins on a weekday, or reduce travel time. It can also let people practice skills between sessions in real-world settings. Licensed professionals will adapt techniques like CBT exercises or trauma-focused work to the online setting so the work remains practical and goal-oriented.
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Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Emily address?
She works with trauma and abuse, addiction, anxiety, depression, stress, grief, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and relationship and intimacy issues among other topics.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to teach practical coping skills and process difficult memories.
What experience does she bring?
Emily has five years of clinical experience, including work with veterans, young adults, and people facing adoption-related concerns and end-of-life transitions.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas and lists her credential as LPC.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.