THE SEATTLE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & PSYCHOLOGY

Integrative
Portfolio

Emme Wagner

MACP 2027 + MATC 2028

About

Emme Wagner (she/her) is a third-year dual-degree student working toward her MACP (2027) and MATC (2028). She loves exploring where psychology, practical theology, and somatics meet—especially when it comes to healing, belonging, and making meaning in messy, real-life contexts.

During her time at The Seattle School (TSS), she served on Student Leadership (2023-202?) and as a Student Fellow (2024-202?] with a focus on dialogue, collaboration, and the art of navigating conflict with curiosity, creativity, and mutuality.

When she’s not in class, studying, or working, she’s usually staying up way too late talking and laughing/crying (sometimes both at once) with her two teenage daughters—conversations that keep her both inspired and chronically sleep-deprived.

Research Interests

Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
Somatic Therapy
Betrayal Trauma
Practical Theology
Parenting
Mother / Daughter Relationships
Neurodivergence

Our
Humanity

As humans, we are integrated beings with both minds and bodies that are regularly influenced by unconscious motivations.

The mind is the home of our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, memories, emotions, and consciousness. The body is the vessel within which we exist in physical form and is inextricably connected with the mind.

As such, both our minds and bodies are continually adapting and changing based on a variety of internal and external sensory input, leading to unconscious, automatic responses.

When these unconscious responses are maladaptive or no longer useful, we often find ourselves in need of help to identify and change the unconscious patterns we are operating in.

True healing in psychotherapy occurs when both the mind and the body are engaged therapeutically.

Approach to Therapy

Emme's approach to therapy integrates both mind and body work, utilizing psychodynamic principles and depth-oriented psychotherapy alongside Somatic Experiencing techniques.

By focusing on root causes of unresolved internal conflicts, on bringing the unconscious into conscious awareness, and on early relational patterns, Emme creates space for clients to begin addressing wounds and increasing self-awareness. She simultaneously incorporate techniques that assist in identifying and processing trauma and emotional pain that is stored in the body, encouraging clients to connect with their bodily sensations as a bridge between the mind and body to foster deeper understanding and healing of both. This holistic approach focuses on healing the mind and body in tandem, for to address one without the other is incomplete.