The pattern stops here…
Therapy that helps you understand the story you've been carrying and start writing a truer one.
INTERN THERAPIST IN BOISE, IDAHO
Something brought you here: a betrayal that shook the floor out from under you, a diagnosis that finally explained years of wondering what was wrong with you, or a pattern from your own upbringing you're desperate not to hand down.
This isn't about getting it together fast enough for everyone else's comfort. It's about understanding what's actually true underneath the story you've been told — and telling a truer one.
Our work together will focus on the messy middles of life, including (but not limited to) mother-daughter relationships, intimate partner betrayal trauma, late-diagnosed neurodivergence, and how (or if) your faith fits into it all.
Whatever brought you here, you didn't get to this point by accident. You built explanations, coping strategies, and ways of managing that made sense at the time.
A lot of what shapes how you see yourself was written by people, circumstances, or years that didn't have the full picture. Some of this may be inherited, some learned the hard way, some built just to survive. That picture doesn't have to be the final one.
I don't believe your job is to hold it together well enough that nobody notices what's underneath. I believe healing means understanding the real shape of your story and building a life and a sense of self that actually fits, instead of constantly fighting against what you were handed.
Nice to meet you!
I’m Emme (she/her) and my name is pronounced “em.” I'm a counseling intern working under the close supervision of a licensed clinician, and I'm not guiding you toward an understanding of yourself I've only studied. I've lived this.
I specialize in the tender, complicated spaces:
Mother-daughter relationships that carry generations of unspoken patterns
Intimate partner betrayal trauma that shakes the foundation of who we thought we were
Neurodivergence (autism, ADHD, and more) discovered later in life
The intersection where psychology meets lived theology
I'm still doing this work myself, in real time, with a life and a faith I'm actively rebuilding, right alongside you.
How we’ll work together
Think less clinical distance, more sitting across from one another doing the hard and holy work together. We'll look inward and backward at where your patterns, your pain, and your story actually came from so you can move forward with purpose instead of repeating what was handed to you. I'm committed to depth-oriented and somatic therapy because your mind, body, and nervous system often hold what words can't express.
I believe in both evidence-based practice and the mystery of the sacred. You're allowed to hold your anger and your faith in the same hand. Healing is possible, and I'd be honored to walk alongside you as you find out what that looks like for your story.
This work may be a good fit for you if…
You're carrying a pattern, a betrayal, or a story about yourself that you're ready to finally understand instead of just manage
You want depth and honesty in this work, not a checklist, and not a therapist who's only read about this from the outside
You're willing to look inward and backward so you can actually move forward
You want a spiritually-integrated approach, or space to question your faith without judgment either way
I'm not asking you to do anything I haven't done myself. I've lived my own version of the messy middle, and I'm still finding my way through it. If that's the kind of company you want on this journey, I'd be honored to join you.
sonder
NOUN
the feeling one has on realizing that every other individual one sees has a life as full and real as one’s own, in which they are the central character and others, including oneself, have secondary or insignificant roles:
In a state of sonder, each of us is at once a hero, a supporting cast member, and an extra in overlapping stories.
Source: Dictionary.com
You are not the story you were handed…
You don't have to have this figured out before you start.
You just have to be willing to look honestly at what's underneath, and start writing something truer — for yourself, and for whoever's watching you do it.
I'd be honored to help you get there.