Hi, I’m Emily (she/her)

I didn't set out to become a therapist. Before any of my training began, I spent years guiding people through the backcountry, far from the noise of their ordinary lives.

What I noticed, again and again, is the reason I do this work now.

When people are in a space that doesn't demand anything of them, where there's nothing to perform and no role to hold up, something loosens. The pressures and expectations they'd been carrying seem to roll off their shoulders. They settle into the present. And from that settled place, they begin to open: speaking more honestly, trusting more easily, softening toward themselves and one another.

I saw it especially in motion. Walking or biking side by side, people opened up - often in ways that surprised them. Here I started to see the power the outdoors has on our mental health.

Over the course of a trip, I'd watch trust grow, in each other, and, more quietly, in themselves. I'd watch people become more present, more grounded, more like themselves. That settling is still the heart of how I work.

What still inspires me is the moment someone steps out of a worn groove of thinking — the should, the always, the I can't — and begins to glimpse other paths they hadn't let themselves consider.

My academic background in biology and environmental science informs how I view health and well being. In a healthy ecosystem, nothing in it exists alone. Countless small factors feed quietly into whether a whole system flourishes or falls apart.

This is the root of how I practice. I work from an intersectional feminist framework. I see you as part of something larger than yourself. Your identity, your sexuality, your ability, your work, your relationships, the culture you move through — all of it shapes how you show up in the room. So when you're struggling, I don't read it as a personal failing. I read it the way I'd read a struggling part of an ecosystem: as what happens when a living thing is shaped by the conditions around it.

That's also why nature isn't a backdrop to my work — it's part of the medicine. I'm a registered PaRx provider, which means I can formally prescribe time in nature as part of your care: not as a nice idea, but as something real, supported, and yours to use.

I draw on a trauma-informed, relational, narrative, and feminist-based approaches — but the method matters far less than what happens between us. Change tends to come when you feel genuinely met: not judged, not managed, just accompanied.

You won't find a blank, nodding stranger across from me. The work we do together is collaborative, compassionate, and deeply values your own expertise on your life.

As a settler practicing on unceeded land, I'm committed to grounding my work in decolonial values, ongoing self-reflection, and the responsibilities that come with this privilege.

I work with individuals and couples who are navigating all kinds of life terrain

• Feeling burnt out from caregiving, from work, or from caring about the world
• Grieving a loss, or struggling to name what you’re grieving
• Questioning your identity, your values, or your sense of direction
• Longing for deeper connection in your relationships
• Living with anxiety, disconnection, or emotional exhaustion
• A fellow therapist or helper who’s running on empty and unsure where to turn

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