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, hysterically crying over the littlest thing. With the encouragement of my loved ones and my doctor, I took myself to counseling and figured out why I broke that day. 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." 

 

When I became a mom, my experience grew my heart for anxious and hurting mamas like myself. My journey of motherhood has included infertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and the joy of welcoming two beautiful kids followed by extreme anxiety and obsessive thoughts that threatened to rob the joy of motherhood from me. I get it, the ache and burden sometimes felt in the midst of one of the greatest privileges life has to offer: being a mom. You aren't alone and it is my goal to surround you with hope and help you find your village.

 

Since beginning my career, I've worked in a wide variety of community settings before private practice, 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 husband and two small kiddos, serving at church, watching college sports, cooking, event planning, and soaking up every sight and taste this big, big world has to offer.