My favorite thing about counseling is the opportunity it provides to slow down and approach life with intentionality. Different seasons of life seem to demand that we run at dizzying speeds, pioneer uncharted territory alone, struggle to stay afloat, or just get used to carrying our pain as the new normal.
My hope is that our time together will provide a brief respite, and a nonjudgemental space for you to be seen, heard, and encouraged in your journey.
Together, we will explore emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that may be contributing to a heavy burden and find helpful ways to lighten your load.
About Me
Hello!
I’m Emily, a Mental Health Counselor providing therapy services through Telehealth to Colorado residents state-wide. I’m a Western Slope transplant with New Mexican roots. Some of my favorite moments are spent over morning coffee, quiet in prayer, relaxing with friends and family, reading theology & psychology, adventuring outside with my husband, daughter and pup, jotting my thoughts down in my journal, or baking a new recipe.
I’m passionate about helping people feel equipped to engage in the beauty, the mess, the joy, and the pain of life because I believe each enriches the other.
Thanks for being here & taking the time to get to know me a bit.
“We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions.”
― Brené Brown
Qualifications
M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling — University of New Mexico
B.A. Psychology — New Mexico State University
Licensed Professional Counselor: 0018707, Colorado
Nationally Certified Counselor
Upstream
“I walked, all one spring day, upstream, sometimes in the mist of the ripples, sometimes along the shore... My parents were downstream, not far away, farther, because I was walking the wrong way, upstream instead of downstream… and yet there I was slopping along happily in the stream’s coolness. So maybe it was the right way after all… My heart opened and opened again. The water pushed against my effort, then it’s glassy permission to step ahead touched my ankles. The sense of going toward the source.”
-Mary Oliver, Upstream