Emily is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Linehan Board Certified DBT Clinician. Emily is currently the Evidenced Based Practice Trainer at Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, a department of Places for People in St. Louis, MO. As a trainer she provides training and consultation in evidenced based practices as well as foundational skills related to mental health. As a Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) clinician she works primarily with individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder who struggle with chronic suicidal ideation, frequent psychiatric hospitalizations, nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors and pervasive emotion dysregulation. She also specializes in treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder by utilizing Prolonged Exposure therapy.
Prior to working at Illume, Emily worked at Sparlin Mental Health for 11 years in both clinical and leadership roles. Emily is also an Adjunct Professor at Washington University in the Applied Health and Behavior Research graduate program teaching future healthcare professionals counseling skills. As a Linehan Board Certified DBT clinician in a community behavioral health setting in the state of Missouri, Emily seeks to bring high quality DBT services to all those in need of the treatment regardless of the setting.
Presentation(s):
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Using a DBT Lens