Lindsay Metli, LCSW

Lindsay Metli is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of practice. She focuses on helping people set realistic goals and make small changes that improve day-to-day functioning. Her manner is down to earth and she aims to put people at ease during sessions.

She uses a holistic, integrative outlook that looks at mind, body, and spirit together. That helps her tailor evidence-informed approaches to each person's needs. Common issues she addresses include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD among others.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah. Her clinical background includes community mental health, private practice, and psychiatric hospitals. She also has experience in child welfare, prison mental health programs, and running therapy groups in a women's halfway house.

Lindsay has supported people dealing with grief, caregiver stress, body image, communication problems, and major life transitions. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside mindfulness and Client-Centered approaches. EMDR is also part of her toolkit for trauma work.

At home she navigates a blended family with two teenage stepchildren and a toddler, and a partner who is a veteran. That lived experience informs her practical approach to balancing responsibilities. She looks forward to learning about each person’s story and working collaboratively toward meaningful change.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and meeting people where they are. The therapist creates space for each person to describe what matters most and shapes sessions around those goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and habits influence feelings and behavior and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, often with concrete tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Lindsay will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean starting with one approach and adding techniques from another as work progresses.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins on days that are tight. It can also make it simpler to use written homework, guided mindfulness practices, or breath and grounding exercises between meetings. The focus remains on practical change and on methods that suit each person's everyday life.