Owner, Registered Art therapist, & Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Emily believes everyone is able to access their own innate healing through creative methods. She supports her clients by offering art therapy, mindfulness, breath-work, and somatic techniques to facilitate healing. She offers a sacred space and time, as well as caring support, for folks to do their healing work.
Emily specializes in working at the intersections of psychological trauma, chronic pain, and spirituality. She also specializes in children's mental health and enjoys supporting youth who may been called "old souls" or creative-visual thinkers.
She formally studied expressive art therapy and mental health counseling for her undergraduate (2007) & graduate degrees (2011). Both were obtained at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Most of her art training was done at Art Institute of Boston & Lorezno di Medici in Florence, Italy. She continues to deepen her practice and learn new mediums. She is certified in applied polyvagel theory for yoga therapy, and continues to study and deepen her practice of the neurobiology of interpersonal healing within the expressive arts.
She's also spent time working in project management, entrepreneurship /innovation, hospitality & research. She values learning & continues to develop new techniques and methods. Her personal time is often spent gardening, swimming, practicing yoga, sharing laughs with loved ones, and of course- creating!