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Hi! I’m Samantha. For the past several years I have had the absolute privilege of working with kids who come from hard places. Through this work, I have found that helping humans find healing is my passion. I love working with the whole family system including children, families, parents, individuals, and couples.

Hi! My name is Emma, and I’m the founder of Alternative Therapy STL. I help curious, introspective, and holistically-minded young people in their 20s and 30s to heal past wounds and grow into their best selves through alternative and transpersonal therapy. Let’s move beyond the days when therapy was stigmatized. In my practice, I help you harmonize your mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing by helping you become a more conscious, self-aware, and fulfilled human being. I use a variety of methods including IFS therapy, mindfulness, somatic psychology, Depth Hypnosis, and Shamanic Counseling.

Here services are designed to label problems and find solutions - as rapidly as possible; I'll suggest known methods and seek agreement. You'll choose what works best. The goal is to end therapy quickly! My experience is with adults, couples and families; my emphasis is outcomes looking at what works and what doesn't. My specialty is eclectic - using science and paradigms to effect change. Not everyone needs a therapist "just to talk." Counseling is about change. It's about you getting better, even if creatively realized.

I believe that everyone should have the chance to be successful

My job as a counselor is to help empower you and to work with you to find a solution to the problems you or your family are facing; whether it be anxiety, depression, or school/job related stressors, or you’re having relationship or family issues, I am here to help. I have worked with a wide variety of clients from the ages of 10 to 45 years old using individual, couples, and family therapy. Sometimes just having a judgement free place to talk can make all the difference when life stressors are impacting your daily functioning. I am offering telemedicine (on-line counseling) during this time of quarantine.

Deadlines, demands, sickness. It feels like you can’t keep up. Everyone wants a piece of you and there is not enough to go around. You are exhausted and your mind won't shut off. The What if's overwhelm you... "What if I am not good enough? What if I let everyone down?" Your family, your job, your friends are counting on you. You may wonder, "When is it about what I need?" only to feel selfish and guilty about that too.

Using deep listening, imagery, goal setting, mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy, and many other modalities, I help people heal from the past, accept what is, and live life with intention.

I am passionate about helping people know and experience the authentic, healthy self they were intended for. My experience working in the corporate environment for the past 19 years has helped me to connect with the struggle many people have in achieving a work-life balance. My experience has taught me about the issues that can arise by trying to trying to find worth in the workplace and the stress that this can have on yourself and your relationships. I enjoy working with individuals struggling with the changing of today's world by providing quality, empathetic and relational counseling.

Many clients I meet with have said to me, "I don't know what's wrong with me" and my response is, "there's absolutely nothing wrong with you and you're perfect just as you are". No one needs to be fixed but perhaps there is need for some support and guidance to figure out what's working and what's not working within one's life. I provide a more holistic mental health approach. I practice very client-centered interventions and we'll go at your pace. I thoroughly enjoy working with women and couples.

If you feel like you are battling through life alone, I hope you will consider giving me a call. The pain of the past, the struggle of the present, and the worry of the future often trip us up causing the journey of life to be more of a struggle than a delight. In my counseling room, I offer a safe space to work through pain, shame, and fear. My desire is to help you live more fully as your true self. What does this mean? Embracing life, wholeheartedly, with freedom, joy, and love.