Emily is a compassionate Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) and Art Therapist with over 7 years of client care experience.
As a neurodivergent person, Emily believes in a bottom-up approach to therapy, by exploring the body’s non-verbal cues and validating emotional experiences that one may feel. She believes that touching base with the body’s cues and signals may promote a more harmonious brain/body relationship. A great way to explore non-verbal signals is through play and creativity. As such, Emily adopts aspects of Art Therapy, Play Therapy, Somatic Body-Based Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), attachment theory, Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Positive Psychology into her practice with clients.
Emily works with youth and adults navigating everything from neurodivergence (ADHD, ASD) and intergenerational trauma to systems of oppression, social difficulties, imposter syndrome, and tricky parent-child dynamics (whether you’re the parent or the child). As well as helping you manage workplace stress, fertility challenges, social obstacles, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, mind-body connection, persistent patterns, and even come up with gamified strategies to make life easier. Emily is also a fierce advocate of the LGBTQ+ and culturally diverse communities.
Education: Emily has her Master’s degree from the Toronto Art Therapy Institute (TATI) as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from OCAD University