Emily works with young adults who feel caught between expectation and self-direction. College and early adulthood can surface anxiety, perfectionism, executive functioning challenges, or a loss of confidence that makes independence feel overwhelming.

This work focuses on identity development, anxiety management, skill-building, and supported steps toward independence, often with thoughtful involvement of parents when helpful. Emily also works with young adults navigating dating, romantic relationships, and attachment patterns—helping them understand how early experiences shape connection, boundaries, and choice in relationships. The goal is to build momentum that feels owned rather than reactive or imposed.

Emily works with families when concern about a young adult has begun to shape daily life. Parents are worried and unsure how to help without making things worse; young adults often feel pressured, misunderstood, or stuck.

Her work goes beyond therapy alone. Emily often serves as a central point of leadership, helping families understand patterns such as over-functioning, enabling, or conflict escalation while also supporting real-world logistics—treatment planning, academic or vocational decisions, care coordination, and boundary-setting across systems. Families often experience this work as stabilizing and clarifying, particularly when many decisions need to be made at once.

Emily supports individuals and families navigating substance use, early recovery, relapse, and the uncertainty that often follows treatment. Addiction pulls families into cycles of fear, control, and exhaustion, particularly during periods of repeated treatment or unclear next steps.

This work is especially focused on treatment transitions, including intervention planning, movement between levels of care, coordination with providers, and building sustainable aftercare. Emily helps families stay engaged and informed while reducing panic-driven decisions, enabling patterns, and burnout.

Some families reach a point where waiting a week feels impossible. Emily provides involved, directive support during acute stress—mental health crises, treatment refusals, repeated treatment failures, or moments where visibility, reputation, or safety are at stake.

She works closely with families to assess risk, coordinate care, and make clear decisions under pressure, often in highly sensitive or high-profile circumstances. Her role is to bring steadiness, discretion, and clinical judgment when situations are unfolding quickly and privacy matters.

Emily works with adolescents, young adults, and adults of all genders whose relationships with food, bodies, or performance have become rigid or punishing. These concerns are often tied to anxiety, control, identity strain, and family dynamics rather than appearance alone.

Her work supports recovery from disordered eating and eating disorders while addressing the underlying emotional and relational patterns that sustain them. For families, Emily provides guidance on how to support healing without reinforcing shame, pressure, or power struggles, helping recovery extend beyond the therapy room.