Emily Chavie , LMFT

Emily Chavie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Florida with 19 years of clinical experience working with children, teenagers, and adults. She holds a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and has provided individual, group, couples, and family therapy across a range of settings. Emily focuses on relationship and family concerns as well as trauma and abuse, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, and conditions like anxiety, stress, and addictions.

Her work frequently addresses self-esteem, anger, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, and she also supports people dealing with codependency, forgiveness, guilt and shame, and struggles with self-harm or postpartum adjustments. Emily integrates evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), collaborative methods, and solution-focused techniques to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Known for a caring, open-minded, and empathic stance, she partners with clients to build personalized treatment plans and practical skills that foster growth. Emily aims to offer hope and encouragement while helping people move toward more fulfilling, resilient lives, treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Emily commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to build emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, often helpful for intense emotions, self-harm behaviors, and relationship difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy is another approach she may use to explore early relationship patterns and improve connection and trust in current relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Emily collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences. She tailors techniques and the pace of work so therapy feels relevant and practical for the individual.

Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone meetings, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life or access help from different locations within the therapist’s service area. These options allow ongoing support between in-person opportunities and help maintain continuity of care while accommodating varied schedules and communication preferences.