Emma is a white, queer, Jewish therapist, experienced group facilitator, and avid home cook. Emma completed a clinical social work degree and fellowship at the University of Chicago and has practiced in a variety of mental health care roles for over a decade. Emma offers a narrative, relational style to support people in accessing, understanding, and sharing themselves. This is helpful for people who have been disconnected from their inherent worthiness and self esteem by the stress of their lives, mental health needs, and systemic marginalization and oppression.

Emma has received training to incorporate creative applications of narrative therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Internal Family Systems Therapy. She enjoys supporting the needs of LGBTQIA+ people, therapists, educators, and artists. Emma maintains an active commitment to anti-oppressive and decolonized therapy practices through her relationships, training experiences, community organizing, and art making.

Inspired by an experiential cooking practice, Emma founded A Crowded Table in 2022 to create spaces for people to gently connect with themselves and others through food, meal making, and gathering. This offering is inspired by values of creativity, curiosity, and compassion and themes of emotional and physical nourishment for self and relationships. Emma feels most connected to this practice around a crowded table and is eager to meet you there.

Emma may be accepting new adult clients in Illinois and is scheduling 50 minutes virtual sessions Monday-Thursday. Therapy services are in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO/Blue Choice and United Health Care PPO plans. Superbills available for out of network reimbursement. Please complete the form below for all inquiries.

Relevant Trainings:

• Internal Family Systems Institute: Level One

• University of Chicago Contextual Behavioral Therapy Fellowship