Therapy with Emily
If you're here, you're likely tired of performing a version of yourself that isn't quite true—disconnected from your own boundaries and scared of what will happen if people see the real you. Maybe you've spent years shape-shifting to keep the peace, win approval, or avoid conflict. Or maybe you're in a relationship and struggling with communicating your needs and being your true self. This is my story too.
I specialize in helping both individuals and couples learn to trust their emotions, be authentic, and build a sense of security and confidence within themselves. This ultimately boils down to the key question at the root of so many of our struggles - "Am I safe to be myself?"
Struggling with forming secure "attachment" can manifest in many ways, but I focus on working with people who have trouble establishing intimate, long term fulfilling relationships or struggle to have a healthy relationship with their body and food. Beneath the surface of all of these challenges, there are often stories of shame and trauma wanting to be unpacked.
In my sessions, I use a blend of experiential and somatic psychotherapy, IFS, and mindfulness-based interventions to help my clients go deeper into their emotions and learn to meet their needs directly rather than through self-limiting behaviors. My sessions are also strongly informed by Stan Tatkin's PACT techniques, whic focus on forming secure attachment in the here and now.
Together we'll get curious about your attachment patterns and the parts of you that learned to hide, please, or perform to stay safe or loved. Whether repairing a partnership or coming home to yourself, my approach is rooted in compassion and curiosity—not fixing, but understanding. I'd be honored to support you.
Training
I received my Master's Degree in Clinical Counseling from Naropa University, specializing in somatic, mindful-ness based counseling practices. My education drew from Hakomi, Gestalt therapy, and Buddhist psychology principles. In practice, I offer compassionate, depth-oriented care that creates a safe environment for healing to take place in the here-and-now.
I completed my clinical internship and associate therapy hours at an eating disorder treatment center, offering me extensive experience working with people going through ED recovery.
Additionally, I received my PACT couples therapy training from Stan Tatkin, an expert in psycho-biological approaches to counseling.
“You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.” - Louise Hay