Emily Dove, MD, LCSW-C, LCSW

Licensed in Maryland · 3 years in practice

Emily Dove is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with an MD and three years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LCSW-C, Maryland: 34529 · expires October 2028
LCSW, Virginia: 0904019853 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1659224228 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

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About Emily

Emily Dove is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with an MD and three years of clinical experience. She focuses on adults managing anxiety, depression, eating and food-related issues, relationship strain, and everyday stress. Emily aims to make the first steps toward therapy feel straightforward and human.

She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people notice patterns that keep them stuck. Sessions often include learning new coping skills, trying small behavior changes, and talking through emotions that feel heavy.

Background and approach

Her work includes attention to attachment concerns, body image, codependency, control issues, and communication struggles. Emily also supports people dealing with obsessions, compulsions, guilt, shame, and dependent personality patterns. For those facing eating disorders or disordered eating, she focuses on real-world tools to reduce distress around food and body image.

Relationship work centers on clearer communication and repairing cycles that cause repeated conflict. In practice, she favors a collaborative style. Clients and the therapist set goals together and decide what techniques fit best.

The aim is to build skills that can be used between sessions, not just talk about problems. Emily offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different needs. She works from Maryland and conducts therapy in English.

Beginning therapy starts with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling based on availability.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Emily lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Eating disorders
Depression
Attachment issues
Body image
Codependency
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Eating and food-related issues
Guilt and shame
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD

Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Emily draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, or disordered eating. This approach breaks problems into manageable parts and teaches concrete skills to try between sessions. She also uses methods from acceptance and commitment approaches that help people accept difficult feelings while clarifying values and taking meaningful action. For those struggling with intense emotions or relationship patterns, dialectical tools offer skills in emotion regulation and steadying interpersonal interactions. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made. Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins, live chat suits people who prefer shorter written exchanges, and text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins between meetings. These options give flexibility to schedule sessions around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Emily focus on?

She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, and eating or food-related issues. Additional focus areas include attachment, body image, codependency, and OCD symptoms.

What is her general therapy style?

Her approach is collaborative and practical. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns and build coping skills they can use between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She brings three years of clinical experience working with adults on the concerns listed in her profile.

What credentials and location are listed for this therapist?

The profile lists MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW and indicates practice in Maryland.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences.

How is cost handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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