Emelia Haiken

I am a therapist who works with children, teens and adults. My specialities include sexual abuse survival, sexuality, anxiety, depression, postpartum, loss/grief and trauma. When emotional pain feels too much, it can also feel hopeless. Sometimes we hide that pain—turn into work & other distractions—or other times no matter the effort to hide it, it comes seeping out where we least desire it. I believe we can address your struggles & pain, as well as explore your past experiences to help heal the parts of you that have been hurt, abused or mistreated. I focus on working with survivors of sexual abuse to provide a safe space to explore troubling experiences. Sexual abuse can disrupt the ability to trust oneself and others but together we can help you regain freedom. My other speciality is issues of sexuality with an emphasis on the LGBTQ community. With adults & adolescents, I find my approach to focus on respectful, nonjudgmental listening. We will be noticing how you are feeling in order to better understand troubling emotional states. Therapy is where we can collaborate to better understand what you need, who you are, & what has happened in your life so you can have more freedom & self-awareness. Children are living in the part of their lives that will forever affect them as adults. My hope is to address the emotional concerns now so they can grow into adults who can thrive emotionally. I use Play Therapy, including Art Therapy, because play is the emotional language of children, and emotional distress leads to behavioral issues.