Emily Shiers helps people who are juggling hard family situations, mood struggles, and big life changes.
01About Emily
Emily Shiers helps people who are juggling hard family situations, mood struggles, and big life changes. She is a licensed professional counselor in Mississippi with about 20 years of experience. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.
She focuses on parenting concerns and matters that surround family relationships. She also addresses mood conditions like bipolar disorder and depression, and common challenges such as anxiety, stress, and addiction.
Background and approach
Emily works with people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, and the strain that can come from caregiving or compassion fatigue. Emily has many years of work in settings where child protective services and family reunification are involved. She has experience supporting adults connected to those systems and knows how to navigate related stresses.
She also brings experience with people who have psychosis-related diagnoses and other complex presentations. In sessions she listens and then tailors a plan to each person’s situation. Conversations focus on practical next steps, coping skills, and ways to manage symptoms that get in the way of daily life.
The aim is clearer choices and better day-to-day functioning. Her approach blends steady clinical experience with respect and sensitivity. Emily helps clients build skills for parenting, manage mood swings, reduce anxiety, and handle life transitions so they can move toward more stable routines and relationships.
02Credentials
- LPC (Mississippi)
- License 2733 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1477791812 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Emily lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
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04Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Emily draws on evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and structure. One common approach is skill-building for mood and anxiety management, which teaches breathing, activity planning, and thought-focused strategies to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines. Another is problem-focused work for parenting and family stress, which breaks down challenges into manageable steps and practical solutions for home life.Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will listen to the goals and daily realities, then suggest methods that fit those needs. Clients and the therapist adjust plans as progress unfolds so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online formats make regular care more flexible. Video calls let people have a fuller conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief updates, skill reminders, or when writing about feelings is easier than speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between appointments.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She works with parenting issues, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma and many relationship and family problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and respectful, focusing on clear steps and coping skills tailored to each person's situation.
What is her professional background?
She has about 20 years of professional experience and has worked in settings involving child protective services and complex mental health concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MS and is a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in Mississippi.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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