Emily Clark
Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Indianapolis, Indiana with over 10 years of experience specializing in work with children, adolescents, young adults, and families. I also have experience collaborating with teachers and school administrators to help aid in meeting a child's needs in the school setting. I have a passion for helping individuals learn healthy ways to regulate emotions, manage relationship difficulties, and find healing from trauma and difficult life experiences. Along with this, I enjoy assisting parents with finding new ways to navigate parenting challenges. My clinical approach is psychodynamic, strengths based, and person centered. The treatment modalities I use are specific to each person's unique individual needs.
I have worked with teens for over 10 years and feel that I can connect well with them and meet them on their level.
First session
During our first session we will explore what you would like to get out of therapy. I like to learn about my clients strengths and how we can use these to help them achieve their goals.
Strengths
Clients often describe my approach as warm and supportive. I work well with teens and strive to meet them where they are, building genuine connection and meeting them at their level. I value the unique strengths and insight they bring to therapy and work to create a space where they feel safe and comfortable, as well as seen and understood.
Ideal clients
I am passionate about helping children and teens navigate difficult emotions and life experiences while building confidence, resilience, and healthy coping skills in a supportive and compassionate environment. I am dedicated to providing culturally responsive care and supporting families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Interpreter services are available to support meaningful participation in care when needed. Me dedico a brindar una atención culturalmente sensible y a apoyar a familias de diversos orígenes culturales y lingüísticos. Se encuentran disponibles servicios de interpretación para facilitar una participación significativa en la atención cuando sea necesario.
Treatment methods
Attachment-based
I help adolescents uncover the ways they cope with relationship stress, guiding them to understand their experiences and find their true voice. Alongside this individual work, I guide families through the process of relationship repair. Together, we work to heal emotional distance and build a stronger, more supportive bond at home.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
This is a therapeutic approach that focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress and mental health issues.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
(IFS) therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on understanding and harmonizing the different parts of a person's psyche. In IFS, the therapist helps the client identify and explore their internal "parts," which are aspects of their personality or emotional states that may have developed in response to past experiences.
Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma informed therapy is an approach that recognizes and responds to the impact of trauma on an individual’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being. It involves creating a safe, supportive environment where clients feel respected, validated, and empowered while providing tools to manage trauma symptoms and assists with healing from past trauma. Trauma treatments I offer include EMDR, TF-CBT, Cognitive Processing of PTSD, Somatic Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.
EMDR
EMDR is a form of therapy that uses bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements, to help your brain "reprocess" traumatic or distressing memories, which can then lose their painful intensity and become more like normal memories. The goal is for these memories to be stored in a healthier part of the brain, so they no longer trigger negative emotions, physical sensations, or problematic behaviors in the present.
Location
Virtual sessions