Emily is a mental health therapist & registered social worker with the Alberta College of Social Workers. She has a Master’s of Social Work with a clinical specialization from the University of Calgary. Emily has over 10 years of clinical experience working with individuals, children, and family in a non-profit organization and in private practice with a therapy focus on complex trauma, attachment, child development and grief & loss.

Emily uses an integrative therapy approach based on client need and has specialized training in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) - including working with DID & parts work, Theraplay (level I & II) including the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM), The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics - NMT  (neurobiological approach & child trauma), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Therapy(EFT), Polyvagal Theory Techniques, Somatic work/techniques, Biofeedback intervention through HeartMath and is a HeartMath trainer, and has parent counselling/training experience as a certified Circle of Security & CONNECT parent trainer.

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