About Emily-Rose
Emily-Rose Santamaria is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut with four years of professional experience. She focuses on clear, practical support for everyday struggles and complex emotional issues. Her approach is collaborative and direct, and she centers respect and compassion in each session.
She works with people facing anxiety, stress, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and anger. She also helps with ADHD-related challenges, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, grief, and intimacy or relationship problems.
Background and approach
Parenting strain, family conflict, and career stress are common topics she addresses. Emily-Rose uses a mix of methods to match each person's needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to break down unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
She also uses attachment-based and client-centered ways of working to strengthen relationships and build on strengths. Sessions are conversational and practical. She aims to make plans that fit daily life and to teach skills people can use between meetings.
The tone is warm and interactive, and she frames therapy as a teamwork process. Emily-Rose values people’s lived experience and avoids stigmatizing labels. She supports people who want clear steps forward, whether that means short-term coping strategies or longer work on relationships and emotional patterns.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and feelings. Online work can help people notice patterns in trust, closeness, and communication and practice new ways of relating in real interactions. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's goals and pace, offering a listening, nonjudgmental space to name what matters and build self-direction.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That choice can change over time, and she adjusts plans based on what helps most in session and between appointments.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more natural conversation. Phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging suit short updates, skill practice, or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit sessions into school, work, or busy family routines while still using attachment-based and client-centered techniques to build skills and support change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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