01 · Who Blakely works with

Blakely works with stress, Anxiety, LGBT and self esteem

Blakely lists 17 specialisms and 32 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Blakely chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Blakely's own words

What Blakely says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Everyone needs support for the struggles in life. The influences of society and culture make it difficult for most of us to live our best kind of life.

I know what it’s like to fight these influences in making my own queer identity shine bright. No one should go through the process of coming out without support or without knowing the values and strengths that make them their best self.

With me you’ll get a Strengths-based and Solution-focused therapy which is backed by my expertise and insights from the last 12 years of social work experience.

Our teamwork will highlight and develop the strengths and values you have to help you get through this tough time and help you appreciate what makes you unique.

Let’s start this adventure!

Blakely Adams, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026

03 · How Blakely works

The 3 approaches Blakely lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Blakely lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Blakely's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Blakely runs a session.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Narrative Therapy

Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Also listed

• Existential Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Blakely practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Blakely's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Blakely at this point.

2. Naming Blakely specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Blakely is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Blakely.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Blakely

Built from what Blakely actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Blakely's - Blakely has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Narrative Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LSCSW

Licensed in

Kansas

Licence

KS LSCSW LSCSW 05270

Licence number

LSCSW 05270

Licence expires

31 Aug 2028

NPI

1770881864

Years in practice

12

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Blakely's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

Maker Therapy is not BetterHelp, does not take bookings, and has not met Blakely. There are no reviews or ratings on this page because we have no way to verify one. If you start therapy through a link here, we may be paid a commission - it does not change your price and it does not affect who appears here or in what order.

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