I'm a therapist for people who are really good at holding it together.
The deep thinkers. The high achievers. The ones who notice everything, feel deeply, and have probably spent a lot of their lives being described as “mature,” “responsible,” or “capable.”
Many of the people I work with have gotten so good at understanding everyone around them that they've lost touch with what they need. Others have spent years wondering why seemingly simple things can feel so hard when they're capable of doing incredibly difficult ones.
And often, it's some combination of both.
Hi, I'm Emilee.
I have a soft spot for the responsible ones.
The eldest daughters. The peacekeepers. The perfectionists. The caretakers. The people who learned early how to read a room.
There's often a strange tension in being that person. You want to be seen, but being truly seen can feel vulnerable. You long for reassurance, then have trouble believing it when it comes. You take pride in being someone others can depend on, while simultaneously wondering why you always seem to be carrying so much.
Therapy gives us somewhere to get curious about those contradictions without asking you to become less caring, driven, or deeply feeling in the process.
YOUR BRAIN ISN'T A PROBLEM TO SOLVE
I'm especially drawn to working with neurodivergent adults, particularly those who were diagnosed later in life, missed altogether, or became incredibly good at compensating.
ADHD and other forms of neurodivergence don't always look like chaos from the outside. In many of the clients I see, they look like perfectionism, overpreparing, procrastinating until the pressure is unbearable, or being wildly competent in one area of life and completely stuck in another.
I'm less interested in helping you look more “functional” and more interested in helping you understand what actually works for your brain, nervous system, and life.
WHAT I'M LIKE IN THE ROOM
I'm not a blank-slate therapist.
I'll ask questions, notice patterns, offer perspectives, teach you things, laugh with you, gently challenge you, and tell you when I think something important is happening between the lines.
Sometimes we'll trace a pattern back years. Sometimes we'll find an ADHD strategy that actually works. Other times we'll practice letting someone be disappointed in you without immediately trying to fix it.
I want therapy to be a place where you don't have to impress me, take care of me, or get it right.
Clinical Training
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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DIR®/Floortime®
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Attachment-focused psychotherapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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ADHD, executive functioning & neurodiversity-affirming care
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Mindfulness and somatic approaches