Meet Emilie
As your counselor at Stafford Holistic Counseling, my priority is ensuring you feel comfortable, safe, and trust in knowing that my job is to support you. Simply due to its nature, therapy can often feel uncomfortable, requiring that we face and work through difficult truths. This is why, at its core counseling is about building a solid and trusting relationship between therapist and client. Before anything else, we’ll work together to assess if we’re a good fit so that we can get to work straight away.
What It’s Like Working With Me
HOLISTIC
Together we’ll merge the best creative and scientifically-based tools that work for you. With this in mind, I like to take an active and practical supporting role in helping you work through the crud and achieve your goals.
Practical
This isn’t a ‘sit and listen’ type of counseling. Instead, I’ll be asking you to take real, and sometimes difficult, action in order to work through your challenges. I’m all about offering various choices, strategies, and ideas, so you may find what feels best for you.
Authentic
For those seeking a more “give it to me straight” approach, I’m your gal. My preference is to keep it real, honest, and true, while also holding safe space for you to feel comfortable being your most honest and vulnerable self.
Supportive
While my most successful clients are those who are committed to being proactive (reporting on new books, blogs, or podcasts they’ve found between sessions), my goal is to make sure you feel heard, seen, and understood.
Am I the right therapist for you?
Are you a go-getter type? Someone who is highly motivated and wants to see real change in your life? Ready and willing to do the work to make it happen? If yes, I’m so here for it (and for you)!
My most successful clients understand that there’s no magic wand or special formula that will miraculously waft away their worries. Instead, they are committed to putting in the work, being proactive between sessions, and applying what we do to meaningful discoveries and conversations outside of therapy.
If you’re ready to welcome ‘surrender’ and ‘acceptance’ as your new best friends, then we’ll be off to a great start!
It’s all about a genuine desire to understand what’s been getting in your way and, more importantly, a willingness to dig in and do what it takes to create sustainable, healthy change over time.
For those seeking an authentic, straightforward, practical, and supportive practitioner—one who will dig in and do the work alongside you—I look forward to connecting with you.
Together, let’s explore all the ways in which you can live a more balanced, productive life. Still being that successful go-getter who also happens to value a life of joy, comfort, and ease.
Education
Licensed Professional Counselor: Virginia #701007512
Registered Art Therapist: #15-234
MA Counseling/Art Therapy, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM
BFA Photography, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Training
Psychology of Consciousness
Focus Oriented Art Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Interpersonal Neurobiology
Mindfulness Practices
Neuroptimal Neurofeedback Trainer
Looking forward to connecting with you!
The best way to get the ball rolling is to learn if we’re a good fit. Let’s jump on a quick call and see how it goes. We can use this handy 24/7 online scheduler so we don’t have to worry about playing phone tag: