Emily has always been passionate about connecting with others and forming relationships, which ultimately fuels her mission as a therapist. She understands each person feels seen, heard and understood in different ways, and aims to find the ways in which clients experience these personally on an individual level.
Having experience working with addictions, including substance abuse, codependence, and eating disorders provides Emily with a valuable perspective. The addictive cycle is exhausting, and the commitment to change is difficult and uncomfortable. However, Emily offers the belief that being human is to regularly experience contradiction, internal conflict, and discomfort. She welcomes clients with a desire to meet them in their discomfort. Her goal is to curate new perspectives towards accepting who they are, where they are at, and how to healthily respond to challenges.
Emily also has a passion for working with children, and understands children operate differently than adults. More so, she understands no child is the same. A child’s age, stage of development, and environment greatly influence their behaviors. She welcomes children into a space where they are free to be, discover, and experience their authentic self regardless of where they are developmentally or emotionally. Much of this involves learning to navigate emotions, which can often feel “too big” to handle as a child. Emily enjoys empowering children not only to understand, but to accept their emotions as contributions to who they are.
Emily incorporates mindfulness-based therapy, acceptance-based therapy, creative arts, cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered, and play therapy techniques into her sessions, depending on the client and their therapeutic needs. She understands that therapy is not a “one size fits all” approach, and therefore is flexible in exploring techniques that will benefit her clients’ personal growth.
Contact Emily at 407-426-4237 or emily@opendoorscc.com