Emily Vierra, LMFT

Emily Vierra is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California who brings more than 13 years of clinical experience to her work with individuals, couples, and families. She recognizes that people face difficult stretches in life and values the courage it takes to seek help, offering a nonjudgmental space for clients to share their feelings and concerns.

Her career spans a range of clinical settings and age groups, from very young children to older adults. Emily currently provides services in an outpatient clinic for foster children ages 0-18, supporting those children as well as their parents, foster parents, and other family members. She also sees children and adults in a private practice setting who have been victims of crime, including survivors of sexual or physical abuse, domestic violence, and bereavement after the death of a loved one.

Previous roles have included work in hospice care, outpatient clinics addressing everyday stressors for individuals, couples, and families, and programs serving at-risk children with behavioral challenges at home and at school. Through these experiences she has developed extensive familiarity treating depression, anxiety, stress, suicidal and homicidal ideation, PTSD, trauma and abuse, relationship and family conflicts, parent-child issues, adjustment disorders, anger management, at-risk behaviors, conduct disorders, and self-esteem concerns.

Emily uses an eclectic, individualized approach, tailoring treatment to each client’s needs and goals. She draws from several well-established modalities including Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused methods, Family Systems approaches, Humanistic principles, and Client-Centered techniques. Emily maintains regular communication with clients by checking and responding to messages several times a day, and she aims to be flexible with scheduling to accommodate obligations, including evening and weekend appointments when possible. She looks forward to supporting clients as they work through challenges and pursue meaningful change.