Emilee Crowder

Licensed Professional Counselor Associate|Clinically Supervised

I remember how uncomfortable it felt to start therapy myself. It took time before I felt safe enough to be fully honest—with my therapist & sometimes with myself. So if part of you wants therapy while another part wants absolutely nothing to do with talking to a stranger about your feelings...that makes sense to me. You don’t have to show up ready to tell me everything. You don’t need to know what to talk about, have the “right” goals, cry on cue, or be immediately vulnerable. We can build trust over time. Therapy can absolutely be uncomfortable sometimes, but I don’t think discomfort means we need to push past your limits. We can slow down, get curious about what’s coming up & figure out together what you need. Most importantly, you’re allowed to decide whether I’m the right therapist for you. Therapy is a relationship, and finding someone you feel comfortable being increasingly honest with matters.

My own experiences in therapy played a big role in why I became a therapist. I know what it’s like to sit on the other side of the room—to slowly understand yourself differently, make connections you hadn’t made before & experience what it feels like to have another person really see you. What keeps me doing this work is getting to witness those moments for other people. I love when something suddenly clicks, when a client realizes a pattern makes much more sense than they thought it did, or when someone starts trusting themselves in a way they haven’t before. I’m endlessly fascinated by people—why we become who we become, how relationships shape us, what our emotions are trying to communicate & how the things we learned to do to survive or stay connected can follow us into adulthood. Getting to explore all of that alongside another person is genuinely one of my favorite things about being a therapist.

I’m a therapist, but I’m also a human—and I bring that humanity into the therapy room. Humor is a big part of my personality, so when it fits, there will probably be laughter alongside the hard stuff. I’m relational, engaged & not afraid to be a real person with you rather than sitting silently on the other side of the screen. I also don’t expect myself to be a perfect therapist. I might misunderstand something, say something that doesn’t land, or realize I want to phrase something differently. When that happens, I’ll own it. I’ll ask for your feedback, care about how our relationship is impacting you & make room for repair when we need it. I think therapy can be a pretty powerful place to practice what it’s like to be honest in a relationship without having to manage the other person’s response. I’ll challenge you when I think it might be helpful, but I’ll also be right there getting curious with you. And one of my favorite parts of being a therapist is noticing people—their strengths, patterns, contradictions, humor & all the little things that make them who they are. My hope is that over time, you get better at seeing those things in yourself, too.