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Hi, I’m Emily

I want to help you feel a little less shitty.

My own experiences with anxiety, depression led me toward questions about identity, belonging, and what helps people feel less alone.

My style is warm, relational, curious, and direct. I care about insight, but I am also interested in what happens beyond insight. I may gently challenge avoidance, over-accommodation, self-abandonment, or familiar relationship patterns while making room for honesty, humor, uncertainty, and ordinary human messiness.

I have been in private practice since 2015 and am a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I also bring humor, a background in the beauty industry, a love of music and creative projects, and a genuine interest in how people become who they are.

My hope is to help people feel more honest, connected, flexible, and at home in their own lives.

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