Emily Sherwood

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Pronouns: She/Her

Identities: Neurodivergent

Therapeutic Style: Patient, Compassionate, and Curious

Services Provided:

• Adult Individual Therapy
• Teen Individual Therapy
• Teen Family Therapy
• Adult Family Therapy
• Child Family Therapy (ages 5+)
• Couples and Relationships Counseling

Who I am as a Therapist

I believe therapy works best when it feels collaborative, genuine, and tailored to the person sitting in front of me. I want our work together to reflect your unique experiences, relationships, strengths, and goals, while creating space to explore what may be getting in the way of the life and relationships you want.

I’m especially drawn to relational work with individuals, parents and adult children, couples, and families, including blended families and the complicated dynamics that can emerge when relationships change. My experience working with children and families in community mental health continues to shape how I understand the larger systems, environments, and relationships that influence us. I use an attachment- and emotion-focused lens to help clients slow down, look beneath the surface, and make sense of the patterns they find themselves in.

I often help clients become curious about what their emotions may be trying to communicate. I see emotions as messengers that can tell us something about our relationships, needs, values, nervous systems, and experiences. Together, we can explore those messages without automatically judging them or feeling like we have to act on them. I also see therapy as a place to do, not just talk- whether that means practicing a difficult conversation, creating a plan or routine, or finding concrete ways to make life feel more manageable. We can draw on different tools and approaches depending on what fits you and your goals.

I also believe therapy does not have to be serious every minute to be meaningful. Humor, warmth, and genuine connection are important parts of how I work. My hope is that you can bring your whole self- including the messy, complicated, and wonderfully weird parts... and leave with a deeper understanding of yourself and your relationships, greater self-compassion, and more freedom to live in alignment with what matters to you.

Areas of Focus

Therapeutic Approaches 

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT)
• Attachment Based Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Therapy
• Compassionate Communication (NVC)
• Creative Arts Interventions
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• Existential Humanism
• Feminist Therapy
• Gottman Method
• Intergenerational Family Therapy
• Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
• Mind-Body / Somatic
• Mindfulness
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Narrative
• Play Therapy
• Psychodynamic
• Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Who I am when I'm not a Therapist

When I’m not being a therapist, you can usually find me out for a run, soaking up time at the beach, trying a new recipe, or making my space feel cozy. I’m a huge music lover and love concerts, spontaneous dance parties, a good thriller, and curling up with a book.

Training & Experience  

• Worked at Morrison Child and Family Services as an intern and full-time employee for two years working with many different populations, ages, and life stages
• Major coursework included child and adolescent development, play and family therapy, neurodiversity, DBT, body positivity/inclusivity, couples therapy and group counseling with children