Emily Collings, LCPC, LPC

Emily Collings is a licensed clinician who focuses on practical, collaborative therapy. She holds LCPC and LPC credentials and brings four years of clinical experience to her work in Pennsylvania. Emily aims to help people make choices that match their values and cope with life’s hard moments.

Her main approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered techniques to focus on what matters most to each person. Sessions are grounded in respect for identity and lived experience.

Emily commonly supports people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and stress. She also works with concerns around eating and body image, addictions, trauma and abuse, and relationship or family-related struggles. Other areas she addresses include ADHD, attachment and abandonment worries, chronic illness, and caregiver strain.

In the room she emphasizes clear goals, practical skills, and self-compassion. That can mean learning coping tools from DBT, practicing mindfulness, or experimenting with behavior changes and small steps. She weaves in values-based planning so therapy connects to everyday choices.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Emily works in English and provides care within Pennsylvania. She focuses on building a straightforward, respectful working relationship and helping people find what actually helps them day to day.

How CBT and ACT translate to online work

CBT helps people notice patterns of thinking that feed stress or anxiety and then try new behaviors to see what changes. Online sessions can include practice assignments, thought logs, and step-by-step behavior experiments that are reviewed together.

ACT focuses on values and committed action - identifying what matters and taking small steps toward it even when feelings are uncomfortable. In remote sessions this can mean values exercises, goal-setting, and short in-the-moment practices to do between appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative choice can change over time as goals shift or different skills are needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls let people work face to face when attention to nonverbal cues matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for frequent brief support, quick skill practice, and ongoing check-ins between sessions.