Emily is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado and a Certified Yoga Therapist through the International Association of Yoga Therapists. She specializes in eating disorders as well as commonly co-occuring mental health and relational issues such as depression, anxiety, body dysmorphia, BPD, trauma, attachment, grief/loss, life transitions, and compulsive exercise.

Emily received her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a focus in Lifespan Development from Middle Tennessee State University. She then moved west to Colorado for graduate school and studied at Naropa University in Boulder, where she completed a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. Emily’s experience in the mental health field ranges widely and includes working with under-resourced children in schools, grief counseling, and wilderness therapy. Additionally, she has taught college courses in General Psychology, Lifespan Development, and Psychology of Death and Dying. Most recently, Emily has worked in an acute eating disorder treatment setting at partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care.

Emily’s approach as a therapist is trauma-informed and inspired by her extensive training in Yoga Therapy, mindfulness, and somatic-based practices that work with patterns in the nervous system (body) and neural pathways (mind). Emily also includes exploration of attachment, intersections of identity, and relationships to parts of self in eating disorder recovery. Emily believes that recovery takes time—she holds patience and trust in the process when clients feel stuck.