- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
About Emily
Emily Magusiak is a licensed clinical social worker in Pennsylvania with ten years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, mood swings, grief, parenting challenges, trauma, and sleep problems. She works with individuals who are navigating caregiving strain, adoption or foster care concerns, and attention-related issues like ADHD.
Her approach is straightforward and strengths-based. She treats each person as the expert on their life and looks for practical steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, skills for coping with strong feelings, and ways to improve daily routines that affect sleep, mood, and relationships. Emily has worked with people across a wide range of concerns, including fertility and maternity loss, attachment questions, autism spectrum issues, body image, and communication struggles.
She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, impulsivity, and the fallout from separation or infidelity. Her background includes experience with both adults and children who have developmental differences. She offers care in English and accepts international clients.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Costs vary by location and are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Emily aims to work collaboratively to find approaches that fit each person's goals.
What Emily works with
Everything Emily lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Emily helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
How Emily Uses Practical Therapies Online
Emily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and real-life change. One approach emphasizes teaching coping skills for anxiety, mood regulation, and strong emotions; it focuses on breath work, grounding, and small behavior changes to reduce overwhelm. Another approach centers on processing difficult events and trauma in a paced way that aims to reduce the intensity of painful memories and build more stable daily routines. These methods help with sleep problems, grief, parenting stress, and trauma recovery.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Emily works collaboratively to learn what matters most to each person, then adapts methods to fit those goals and preferences. She will review options, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan based on what proves useful for the client.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let a therapist and client work face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make shorter check-ins possible between longer sessions or during busy days. Together these formats help people fit care into work, parenting, or caregiving schedules.
Questions people ask about Emily
What types of concerns does Emily address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, trauma, grief, sleep problems, parenting concerns, and ADHD among other issues.
What is her approach to therapy?
Her style is practical and strengths-based. She helps clients set clear goals, learn coping skills, and try small changes between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with a broad range of life challenges and mental health concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds an LCSW license in Pennsylvania and practices as a licensed clinical social worker in that state.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules.
How are payments and cost handled?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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