About Lindsay
Lindsay Metli is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of practice. She helps people set clear goals and work toward improved daily functioning and emotional balance. Lindsay takes a straightforward, down-to-earth approach that aims to make clients feel at ease from the first session.
She describes her method as holistic and integrative, paying attention to mind, body, and spirit while using evidence-based tools. Somatic work is part of how she notices bodily responses to stress and trauma.
Background and approach
She also draws on talking therapies to address thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. Lindsay trained at the University of Utah, earning a master’s degree in social work after completing a bachelor of science in psychology. She holds LCSW credentials and has worked across community mental health, independent practice, and psychiatric hospital settings.
Earlier roles included child welfare advocacy and running groups in correctional and transitional housing settings. Her experience includes supporting people coping with trauma, depression, anxiety, addictions, and big life changes. She also helps with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, grief, and work-related strain.
Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, dissociation, and complex mood concerns. At home she lives in a blended family with a toddler and two step-teenagers, and she understands the practical strain of juggling caregiving and household responsibilities. Lindsay aims to collaborate with each person to find realistic steps forward and build skills that fit everyday life.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Somatic work in online sessions helps people notice physical responses to stress and trauma, then learn gentle ways to shift those sensations. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship, letting the person lead while the therapist follows and reflects what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and patterns into manageable steps and practical exercises that can be practiced between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process, and the therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. Treatment plans can shift over time, combining somatic noticing, reflective listening, and skill-building based on what helps most for the person's situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. These options let people fit sessions into busy lives, repeat skill reminders in writing, or use voice sessions when video isn’t convenient. The range of formats supports consistent progress while accommodating different comfort levels and schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Wyoming
- Languages
- English