Blakely Adams , LSCSW

Blakely Adams is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social Worker (LSCSW) with 12 years of social work experience who supports people through life’s difficult moments. She recognizes how societal and cultural pressures can make it hard to live authentically, and she draws on both professional training and personal experience to guide clients toward greater clarity and resilience.

Having navigated her own coming-out process, Blakely brings particular empathy for people exploring queer identity and the complex feelings that can accompany that journey. She believes no one should go through coming out without support and without a clear sense of the values and strengths that define them.

Blakely uses strengths-based and solution-focused methods to help clients identify what is working, build on existing resources, and move toward practical change. Her approach emphasizes collaboration - working together to highlight personal values and skills that can carry someone through a challenging period and help them appreciate what makes them unique. She invites prospective clients to consider this collaborative work as a purposeful step toward greater self-understanding and well-being.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Blakely Adams integrates several evidence-informed approaches to help clients work through challenges in an online format. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on practical skills - such as emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - and is useful for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. Narrative Therapy helps clients examine the stories they tell about themselves, identify unhelpful narratives, and rewrite those stories in ways that support identity and growth.

She also incorporates Solution-Focused Therapy, which centers on setting clear, achievable goals and identifying small, concrete steps that build momentum and change. Together these approaches offer a balance of skills training, meaning-making, and goal-directed work tailored to each person’s needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the process, and Blakely works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods align best with their goals, values, and preferences. Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care when life gets complicated. Licensed professionals and therapists can still build strong therapeutic relationships through these flexible formats, helping clients move toward the outcomes they want.