Therapist profile
Emily Dove, LCSW-C, LCSW
Maryland
Licensed clinical social worker - Relationships and Eating Concerns
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- Credentials
- LCSW-C, LCSW
- License
- LCSW-C, Maryland / 34529; LCSW, Virginia / 0904019853
- NPI
- 1659224228
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Maryland
About
- Anxiety support
- Codependency focus
- Body image work
About Emily
Emily Dove is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Maryland with three years of experience. She sees adults who are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship strain, eating and food-related issues, and general life stress. Emily also lists work with attachment issues, body image, codependency, communication and control problems, guilt and shame, dependent personality traits, and obsessive-compulsive concerns.
Emily describes a collaborative approach that keeps conversations practical. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, and acceptance strategies to help people notice unhelpful patterns. Sessions include learning coping tools and practicing new ways of responding to stress and relationship triggers.
She offers focused work on eating-related struggles and body image, helping people untangle rules around food and self-worth. For those stuck in people-pleasing or caretaking patterns, Emily helps name those behaviors and explore small changes that feel doable.
When trauma or overwhelming memories come up, she uses trauma-focused methods to help people process difficult experiences at a pace they choose. The emphasis is on concrete skills and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Emily asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and a subscription model is used, which can be canceled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.
How sessions work
How evidence-based techniques translate to online sessions
Emily commonly uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help people spot thought and behavior patterns that keep them stuck. CBT sessions often focus on specific exercises and experiments you can try between meetings to change unhelpful routines.She also draws on dialectical strategies that teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. Those skills are useful when strong feelings or relationship conflicts make it hard to set boundaries or say no.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Emily treats choosing techniques as a collaborative process and will help identify what fits your needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as you try tools and notice what helps most.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, since the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and let people use video or audio depending on bandwidth or comfort. Licensed professionals often find these practical benefits support consistent work on patterns like people-pleasing, boundary-setting, and eating-related behaviors.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
Maryland, Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, eating and food-related issues, and general life stress. Additional focuses include attachment issues, body image, codependency, and OCD-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She uses cognitive behavioral, dialectical, and acceptance-based techniques to teach coping skills and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience as a clinician working with adults on mood, relationship, and eating-related issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCSW-C in Maryland and LCSW in Virginia and practices from Maryland.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.