Emily Williams LPC/MHSP

My goal is always to "work myself out of my job", and to provide you with the skills and confidence to maintain your lifestyle on your own, as well as develop internal and external support systems to lean on after our work is done. After an initial intake session, we will work together to identify specific goals to work on, and concrete indicators that would demonstrate that you have achieved your goals. As we work together, we will check in regularly on goal attainment and/or adjustment. Life has a way of throwing all kinds of wrenches in the best-laid plans, so I'm a big proponent of flexibility and adaptability in therapy, which are skills that you can take with you after our work together is done.

Our work together will be in a solution-focused talk-therapy format, in which you will bring to the session whatever topics or concerns feel most relevant to you. I encourage my clients to jot down questions, difficulties, successes, etc between sessions, and to be an active participant in therapy. I draw on skills and concepts from solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and interpersonal psychotherapy, and integrate them into an individualized approach based on your goals, strengths, presenting problems, cultural context, and other relevant information gathered during the intake process. My training involved an emphasis on trauma-informed care, which underpins every method and tool that I use in my practice.

• Tennessee, LPC/MHSP, 5355