Hi, I’m Emma! I am an intern counselor working towards my Master’s in Mental Health Counseling at Asbury Theological Seminary. I chose to become a counselor because I know what it is like to feel wounded, lost, and alone. However, I also know the kind of transformation that can happen when someone sits with you in the darkness, listens to your story, and walks with you through the hard times. That is the sort of compassionate presence I strive to give to all my clients, one that holds the hope and truth of who you are until you can believe it for yourself. 

As I develop as a clinician, I have found that I enjoy working with people who feel like they are “too much”, as if there is not enough space in the world for their creativity, passion, and intensity. Through our work together, my goal is to help you utilize your strengths, honor your particular needs, and, together, create a place for you to be yourself, in all your wonderful complexity.

Part of how I work towards this goal is informed by a theory called Internal Family Systems (IFS). This approach allows you to develop new, compassionate relationships with parts of you that may be frightening or frustrating, and creates the possibility for new outcomes. Rather than trying to force something new to happen, the process of IFS often feels like discovering who you really are. 

As for my personal style as a therapist, I am an intuitive and introspective person who also deeply values humor and laughter. I view my role as a counselor as a wilderness guide who knows the terrain, but lets you decide where you would like to go. 

In my free time, I am a very active person who loves to move and be outside. I enjoy working out in the gym and going on adventures with my horse, Lark. As a three-year-old gelding, Lark is still learning how to be a horse, which, if you asked him, involves a bunch of rules about what he can and cannot do. In the future though, I hope to use him as a therapy horse to help people on their healing journeys.