Therapy Services: 

Initial Intake/Consultations– Intakes/initial consultations will be scheduled for approximately 60 minutes and will explore therapeutic services, client’s history and presenting concern. If treatment is not recommended, Dr. Emily will provide alternative resources and referrals.

Adolescent and Adult Therapy– Client will meet with Dr. Emily for approximately 50 minutes. Frequency will be mutually decided by the client and Dr. Emily.

Family Therapy– Family meets with Dr. Emily for one hour. Frequency will be mutually decided upon by the family and Dr. Emily.

Parent Consultation– Parents meet with Dr. Emily for 60 minutes, on an as-needed basis, to address parenting issues associated with their child or adolescent currently in treatment with Dr. Emily.

Adolescent Group Therapy– Psycho-educational group helps teens develop new skills as they share information and gain knowledge about a particular topic or issue. The adolescent therapy skills group is a hybrid Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy informed evidence-based treatment for adolescents who are struggling with emotion dysregulation, identity confusion, intense anxiety, depression, anger, difficulty in interpersonal relationships, impulsive behaviors, and teen-parent family conflict.

Types of Therapy: 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an evidence-based treatment that focuses on exploring relationships among a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviors. The core principles of CBT are identifying negative or false beliefs and testing or restructuring them. Additionally, CBT addresses unhealthy patterns of thoughts and how they may cause emotional dysregulation and self-destructive behaviors and beliefs.

Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy is an evidence-based treatment approach that is based on CBT, however, it addresses validation and acceptance of uncomfortable thoughts, feelings and behaviors. DBT is shown to be helpful in reducing suicidal behavior, non-suicidal self-injury, psychiatric hospitalizations, substance use, impulsivity, and emotional dysregulation.

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based method that works on facilitating and engaging intrinsic motivation within the client in order to change behavior. MI is a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style used to elicit behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.