Lindsay Metli, LCSW

Lindsay Metli is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience. She helps people set realistic goals and take steps that improve day-to-day wellbeing. Her tone is down-to-earth and practical, aimed at making hard conversations feel manageable.

She balances attention to emotions with concrete plans. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can change. Lindsay draws on evidence-based approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns and try different responses.

Her background includes work in community mental health, private practice, and psychiatric hospitals. She also spent years in child welfare and volunteered running groups in correctional settings. Those roles shaped a calm, problem-solving style and comfort working with many kinds of life stressors.

Lindsay often helps people dealing with trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship strain, addictions, and big life transitions. She also supports concerns such as grief, caregiver stress, body image, attachment and separation issues, and compassion fatigue. Her practice reflects a broad experience with complex, overlapping problems.

In sessions she blends client-centered listening with structured tools. That means hearing a person’s story and then trying straightforward techniques together. The goal is to leave each session with something to try between meetings.

She lives in Utah and holds LCSW licensure. Outside work she manages a blended family and understands the juggling of parenting, partner responsibilities, and household demands. Lindsay frames therapy as teamwork and looks to help people find balance and forward movement.

How these approaches translate to online therapy

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and patterns that hurt relationships.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes being heard and understood. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace, helping people name their values and goals before choosing techniques to try.

Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, combines acceptance with change. It teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can help with intense mood swings and relationship conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, goals, and preferences, then recommend strategies and adjust them over time in collaboration with the client.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are; phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day; live chat or text-based messaging supports short check-ins, real-time problem solving, or steady support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling family, work, and other demands.