Therapist profile
Emma Cott, LCMFT
Licensed Clinical MFT - Relationships and Family Concerns
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- CBT techniques
- DBT strategies
- EMDR for trauma
About Emma
Emma Cott is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist, LCMFT, licensed in Kansas with 12 years of clinical experience. She has worked in community mental health and private practice, helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strains, grief, trauma, addictions, and related issues.
Emma spent the first six years of her career in community mental health doing crisis intervention for people who were struggling to stay safe. Since moving into private practice in 2017 she has continued to work with adults and adolescents and has experience with couples and blended family concerns.
She describes a practice grounded in acceptance. She helps people acknowledge where they are now and then take steps toward what they want to change. Sessions are practical - talking through patterns, trying different ways to respond, and practicing new skills between meetings.
Emma uses a mix of approaches to match the problem at hand. She commonly draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, existential ideas, and trauma-focused methods such as EMDR. That range is used to address issues like attachment, abandonment, body image, eating and sleeping problems, and sexual identity and kink-related concerns.
Her work also includes supports for caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, anger, and mood disorders. People who are coping with separation or divorce, grief, or career stress may find her direct, supportive style helpful. She asks people to consider what they want to change and then offers tools to get there.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and a scheduled first session are the start of the process. The practice uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time, with costs that vary by location.
How sessions work
How Emma uses therapeutic approaches online
Client-centered work puts the person’s experience first. It focuses on listening, reflecting what matters, and helping the client decide what changes to make. This approach helps with relationship struggles, identity questions, and decisions about parenting or caregiving.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It uses practical exercises and experiments to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and eating concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. Those skills are often useful for anger, mood instability, codependency, and relationship conflict.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods and revise them as progress or needs change, so the plan is collaborative and responsive.
Session logistics and exact formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy home life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. It can also make certain skill practice easier between meetings. Licensed professionals and therapists use these approaches to guide focused sessions that fit into everyday schedules.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Kansas
Languages
English
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What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, trauma and grief, addictions, and related concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is direct and supportive; she encourages acceptance first and then practical change using a mix of methods chosen for each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has been practicing since 2012, giving her 12 years of experience across community mental health and private practice settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT) licensed in Kansas.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies by location and sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin 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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.