Provider Profile

Meet Emily VanLaanen

Emily VanLaanen

Licensed Professional Counselor, In Training

Provider Profile

At the heart of my work is a belief that healing happens in connection. Our stories are meant to be seen, heard, and held with others.  Therapy with me is a collaborative and relational process. We’ll explore the stories that have shaped your life, the inherited narratives, personal experiences, and cultural contexts that inform who you are and how you move through the world. My role is not to tell you who to be, but to sit with you as you uncover what feels most true and meaningful for you.
 
I believe healing involves both reflection and action: learning to listen to what your body and emotions are telling you, and finding ways to live in closer alignment with your values. Sometimes this means celebrating growth and possibility; other times, it means sitting together, making space for the parts of your story that still need to be witnessed.
 
I hope to offer a grounded, compassionate presence, one that invites curiosity, honors complexity, and trusts in your capacity to heal and create change.

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Emily helps you to summit your summit by exploring solutions and skills
that will assist you in getting closer to where you’d like to be – and how you’d like to feel.