About Me

Hi there, I'm Emily. My passion for counseling was born out of my own struggles with anxiety. I remember sitting on the kitchen floor of my house as a teen, crying over the littlest thing. Like, really crying. Part of me had broken. With the encouragement of my loved ones and my doctor, I took myself to counseling and figured out why I broke that day. It was years of undealt with feelings, pressures, hurts, and expectations that came flooding out in that moment. I used counseling as a safe place to heal from my past wounds and nourish my soul, which led me to eventually finding my career in counseling. Many years later, I'm able to say "I get it. And it can get better. There is hope."  

Since beginning my career, I've worked in a wide variety of community settings, including schools and the legal system, in residential treatment and in crisis systems. I use an integrative approach to therapy, meaning it's not one-size-fits-all and my approach is unique to every person and what their goals are. This integrative approach pulls interventions from trauma-informed cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing, solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), narrative therapy and existential therapy.

Outside of the counseling room, I enjoy spending time with my family, serving at church, watching college sports, event planning, and soaking up every sight and taste this big, big world has to offer.