Rated 4.9 stars out of 5, 27 ratings

Emily Felske

LPC, 15 years of experience

Frequently rebooked

Warm
Authentic
Open-minded

About me

Hi there, my name is Emily and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in CT and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in IL who works with adolescents and adults using a variety of theoretical perspectives in individual, family and group therapy sessions. I have over twelve years of clinical experience in a variety of environments including outpatient, inpatient, community, and in-home settings. I specialize in working with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and clients of all ages who have experienced varying types of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. This experience has helped to expand my clinical areas of expertise such as stress and anxiety reduction, management of depressive and mood symptoms, harm reduction and substance abuse, and symptoms/risk behaviors associated with personality and attachment disorders. Additionally, I have worked within the foster care system providing both individual and family therapy services to children, adolescents, and guardians. I incorporate an array of CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) and solution-focused interventions into my treatment approach. In my extensive work with anxiety disorders and effects of trauma, I have frequently utilized DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) techniques, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), and other interventions which focus on the psychosomatic manifestation of mental suffering in the body. I am motivated to help clients integrate past experiences into their current identity to increase insight in such a way as to make progress toward personal goals.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

I aim to create a warm, safe, and attentive space for my clients to feel seen and heard fully. You can expect an experience where you are given opportunities to explore your inner world, feelings, thoughts, beliefs, values, and goals. This will evolve through the first few sessions as we get to know one another. My framework is grounded in a client-centered approach and centers on the strengths, resilience, expertise, and self-determination of those whom I work with.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

I'm devoted to developing trust and safety in the therapeutic relationship and will meet my clients wherever they presently sit on the continuum of identity development, embodiment, and self-acceptance. I will support and challenge my clients as they find new ways to access their inner world & to approach their lives and the systems around them. I am deeply devoted to the empowerment of my clients and believe that therapy can be transformational once safety and trust is developed.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

My clients would describe me as versatile, accountable, compassionate, and particularly attuned to facilitating a comfortable atmosphere for those of an introverted nature.

Specialties

Top specialties

Other specialties

AnxietyDepressionGriefObsessive-Compulsive (OCD)

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Serves ages

My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

CBT will help you learn how to stop unwanted thoughts and decrease your anxiety with its focus on the connections between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological responses. CBT techniques helpt you to identify negative thought patterns and develop a habit of challenging these by considering contrary evidence as well as work to replace unhealthy core beliefs with new and emerging positive self-talk.

Dialectical Behavior (DBT)

The goal of DBT therapy is to improve your emotional regulation, interpersonal skills, and overall quality of life. Coping skills such as distraction techniques, self-soothing activities, and radical acceptance are taught to help clients manage crisis effectively. Emotional regulation tools include identifying and labeling emotions, increasing positive emotional experiences, decreasing emotional vulnerability, and practicing opposite action. Interpersonal effectiveness skills such as appropriate assertiveness, negotiation, and conflict-resolution techniques are taught and practiced in order to develop and maintain healthy relationships.

Acceptance and commitment (ACT)

ACT utilizes acceptance, mindfulness, commitment, and behavioral strategies to improve a client's flexibility in response to life’s challenges. I have experience incorporating a wide range of techniques to help clients establish a sense of self, be present in each moment, and choose values and commit to implementing them. Clients benefit most from learning to reduce the impact and influence of unwanted thoughts and feelings through the effective use of mindfulness. They learn of their ability to stop fighting with their private experiences—to open up to them, make room for them, and allow them to come and go without a struggle.

Location

Virtual

Licensed in

Rated 4.9 stars out of 5, 27 ratings

3 ratings with written reviews

July 15, 2025

A very in-depth first appointment. Emily is very easy to talk to. I could tell she was actually listening and genuinely wanted to hear what I had to say. I am looking forward to meeting with her again.

Verified client, age 25-34

Review shared after session 1 with Emily

July 10, 2025

It was my first ever time doing therapy and I already scheduled an appointment next week to talk very open minded no judgment whatsoever. I felt very comfortable explaining everything that has happened in my life.

Verified client, age 18-24

Review shared after session 1 with Emily

May 29, 2025

Excellent therapist!!!!!

Verified client, age 25-34

Review shared after session 11 with Emily