Emily Chane, LMFT

I became a therapist because of my own experiences. As someone who is neurodivergent, I know firsthand what it’s like to move through a world that wasn’t built for the way your brain works. I also know what it’s like to sit on the other side of the therapy room, and how much it helps to have a therapist who truly understands you. I wanted to be that for others.

Therapy has been part of my own life for many years. That experience has shaped the kind of therapist I want to be and how much I value the relationship we build. I know that trust takes time, and that sometimes the things you most want to talk about are also the hardest to say out loud.

I bring personal and professional experience to my work with teens, adults, couples and families. Over time, my work has centered on one question: what happens when the way you naturally experience the world keeps running into what your relationships expect of you? My goal is for therapy to be one place where you don’t have to explain yourself first.

I’m warm, direct, and collaborative. Direct means I’ll tell you what I notice, honestly and with care, instead of nodding along. My approach is relational and psychodynamic. I also bring humor into sessions. The work is serious, and we still get to laugh. I draw on attachment and family systems work to help you see the patterns in your life and relationships.

Relational, collaborative and rooted in depth work

I draw on attachment, psychodynamic and family-systems work, along with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), always through a neurodivergent-affirming lens. That means I don’t read neurodivergent ways of communicating or regulating as signs of insecure attachment. We look at what your brain needs, what your relationships have taught you and how the two have shaped each other.

Education and training