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About Adalheidur

Adalheidur (Ally) Dagbjartsdottir is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship or family concerns. She speaks English and Icelandic and practices from Kansas. Ally uses a collaborative style and aims to make sessions a straightforward place to talk through immediate problems and plan practical steps forward.

Ally frames therapy as a partnership. She listens for strengths and builds from what is already working in a person's life.

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Background and approach

Sessions tend to focus on skills you can try between meetings, clearer ways to handle emotions, and steps to reduce daily overwhelm. Her background as a social worker informs a broad view of challenges. Ally has five years of direct clinical experience as a therapist and several additional years in social work roles.

That experience shapes how she notices patterns, supports coping, and helps clients set realistic goals. In practice she draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches. Those methods help with spotting unhelpful thoughts, practicing new behaviors, and learning emotion regulation strategies.

Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in sessions when they fit the client’s goals. Ally works with people facing trauma, grief, parenting strain, mood disorders such as bipolar, identity and intimacy concerns, and neurodiversity-related challenges including autism and ADHD. She can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging to meet the needs of different schedules.

For people who prefer an approachable, strengths-focused therapist, Ally offers practical guidance in a calm, direct manner. Her aim is to help clients leave sessions with clear next steps and tools they can try in everyday life.

How Ally Brings Therapy Approaches Online

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's priorities. In online sessions Ally uses this method to follow what matters most to the client and to shape goals together.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include clear homework tasks and short exercises to practice between meetings, which can be shared via messaging or discussed on video.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication. Ally uses DBT-style skills coaching when clients need tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or better interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. Ally will talk with each person about goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what feels useful. The process is about finding practical fits, not committing to a single technique from the start.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, skill reminders, or shorter touchpoints between full sessions. These options offer flexibility and help maintain momentum while working toward goals.
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Questions people ask

What concerns does Ally commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and abuse, and related issues such as grief, intimacy, and parenting strain.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She uses a collaborative, client-centered approach that emphasizes practical steps, emotion regulation, and skill practice between sessions.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has five years of experience as a therapist and additional years in social work roles, which shape her broad perspective on client needs.
Where is she licensed and based?
Ally holds LCSW and LSCSW credentials and practices in Kansas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Icelandic.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Appointments are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; cost varies by location and therapist availability and scheduling follows the platform process.

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
Missouri, Kansas
Languages
English, Icelandic

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