Emily is a Doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Adler Graduate Professional School, where she also completed her Master of Psychology. She has worked with children, adolescents, and families across a range of settings, including as a tutor and site lead with United for Literacy, as a crisis line responder, and as a support person for those with developmental disabilities. Through these experiences, Emily has supported young people with a wide range of needs, including anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, learning challenges, and behavioural difficulties. Her background has shaped her appreciation for the different strengths, challenges, relationships, and experiences that each young person brings with them.

Emily believes that therapy works best when young people feel genuinely understood, comfortable, and able to show up as themselves. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and flexible, with an emphasis on meeting each client where they are rather than expecting them to fit into a particular way of doing therapy. She draws from Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), adapting her approach to each young person’s needs, personality, and goals.

Emily provides individual therapy for children and adolescents, as well as support and coaching for parents. She also conducts psychological assessments, including psychoeducational, cognitive, attention, ASD, and socioemotional assessments. Whether through therapy or assessment, her goal is to help young people and their families better understand what is going on beneath the surface, build on their strengths, and find ways forward that feel manageable and meaningful.