Emily Keehn, LCSW

Emily Keehn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who draws on a trauma-informed and DBT-informed background. She works with adult clients and brings experience including work with veterans, veteran families, and people with physical disabilities. Her manner is calm and direct, and she focuses on practical steps that help people move forward. Emily uses a collaborative style in sessions. She works to build a strong working relationship and helps clients set clear goals. Conversations are straightforward and geared toward real-life changes rather than abstract theory. Her work addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression, along with compassion fatigue and addictions. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with major life changes. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, fertility issues, and veteran and Armed Forces issues. Emily incorporates approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered work, and mindfulness practices. These tools are used to teach skills, manage strong emotions, and clarify values that guide decisions. Clients can expect a practical emphasis in sessions. Emily aims to help people make manageable changes and practice new ways of responding to problems. She seeks to leave people feeling more capable and clear about next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values. It combines practical actions with skills for noticing thoughts and feelings so they stop getting in the way of living. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense emotions and improve relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they try techniques, see what helps, and adjust the plan based on what the client finds useful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use the same ACT, CBT, or DBT techniques in remote sessions to teach skills, practice exercises, and review progress, while tailoring activities to everyday life and the client's schedule.