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My supervisory and therapeutic approach utilizes neuroscience, social justice, and clinical art therapy with creative and embodied conversation to facilitate trauma-healing and learning. To me, therapy, trauma healing, education, and supervision is a collaborative process of equals. I strive to operate as a compassionate guide to my clients and students to mutually gain new perspective, increase personal strengths, and have a more meaningful life experience through art-making. I endeavor to understand suffering from a spiritual, neurobiological, and attachment perspective, and have advanced training and certification in trauma healing. Supervision: I offer Minnesota LPCC & National ATR, ATR-P Supervision. Individual, dyad or group teletherapy or studio art therapy sessions are available to you or your group upon request and availability. Biography: Emily is a licensed clinical counselor, board-certified art therapist, clinical supervisor, graduate professor & instructor of clinical art therapy, and long-time community advocate. Who I work with: -LGBTQIAA+/ Queer, Genderqueer, and Transgender individuals -White bodies who are engaged in anti-racism work or are ready to start the work of decolonizing their nervous system -I am honored to sit with Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPoC)/People of the Global Majority (PGM).* -Adults Post High School,College and Graduate Students (outside of AGS). I am honored to work with you in community. *For bodies of Culture, I offer a decrease on session cost in a small attempt at reparation. Current Local Projects Emily serves on the Minnesota Art Therapy Licensure Coalition alongside Briana Colton et.al. , co-directs the NeuroArts Training Institute with Kristin Kane, is a co-founder of Art(s) Therapy Hub with Patricia Welch, and serves as a student mentor and art therapy instructor at Adler Graduate School.