More About Emily

My interest in therapy grew from experiencing how powerful it can be to feel understood without having to hide, perform, or make oneself easier for someone else. My own experiences with anxiety, depression, and feeling different also drew me toward questions of identity, belonging, and what helps people feel less alone.

My approach is warm, relational, curious, and direct. My style values insight while also paying attention to what happens beyond understanding. I may gently challenge avoidance, over-accommodation, self-abandonment, or familiar relationship patterns while making room for honesty, humor, uncertainty, and ordinary human messiness.

Ultimately, I hope to help people feel more connected to themselves, more flexible in how they respond, and more at home in their own lives.‍

I hold an eclectic therapeutic perspective and draw from a range of psychological theories and modalities depending on each client’s needs, goals, and interests. I’m particularly passionate about parts work, attachment theory, group psychotherapy, somatics (mind-body connection), and art/music therapy.

Equally important to my formal training is the role of lived experience in shaping how I show up in the therapy room. Much of my work is grounded in what I’ve personally navigated and integrated, which helps me meet clients with authenticity, nuance, and attuned relational presence. I believe that lived experience is essential in relational work and allows us to sit together as fellow humans first and foremost.

In addition to my MA in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and my California Marriage and Family Therapy Licensure (CA LMFT #115086), I’ve completed advanced training the modalities below.