Emily Kirkbride (She/her)

M.A. LMFT 121790
Accepting Clients

I help individuals and couples navigate the complicated parts of being human and move toward healing.

Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist in , AZ

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

Do you experience a nagging dissatisfaction you can't name, a pressure to have it all together, a complicated relationship with food or control that helps you cope when life feels like too much or relationship dissatisfaction that leads to unhealthy behaviors in order to cope. My clients are like you looking to reconnect with themselves so they can connect in the outside world with more passion and agency. Our work will help to revive your true self so you can live a life that feels aligned.

My Background and Approach

Working with me feels like having a guide on an inward journey. I help you understand the patterns, thoughts, and behaviors keeping you stuck in your relationships, career, or daily life. Together we'll work toward you feeling more peaceful, secure, and clear about who you are. I have a passion for working with couples. If you're struggling, chances are you've both been trying hard — and it still isn't working. Drawing from psychoanalytic couples therapy and attachment theory. I help couples honestly examine their dynamic, own their individual contributions, and rebuild something that actually feels good and lasts. I have over 10 years of experience with high-conflict couples, families in transition, and individuals making sense of relationships as they are, rather than as they thought it would be. I have extensive training in psychodynamic therapy, experiential techniques and body based healing techniques to support your journey. Send me a message I would love to help.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe that all individuals have a life force within that helps to motivate change and personal development, I help individuals access this and catalyze transformation. The work of therapy is creating deeper self-awareness in order to live a more satisfying life. Self-awareness helps us to create integrated narratives to increase understanding, compassion and empathy for ourselves and others. Our work will often help you make sense of your past so you can live more fully aware and empowered in your present. I am a human too. Our relationship is a micro environment for what you experience in your day to day lives. We will work on our relationship to help you grow in awareness and capacity to hold a full spectrum of emotions and experience. It is important to me that all parts of you have space to be seen, heard and known and feel welcome in therapy.

Techniques I Use

Other Techniques
  • Attachment Theory
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Eating Disorders Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma Marriage Counseling
Other Issues
  • Addiction
  • Aging Concerns
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Eating Disorders
  • Grief or Loss
  • Infertility
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Men's Issues
  • Parenting
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
  • Out of Network
  • Out of Network
I offer online counseling in the following states:
I have experience with the following
  • Christianity
  • Judaism

At A Glance

  • Experience: 12 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $140 - 185/session

Info

Email Emily
14955 W Bell Rd
#7854
Surprise, AZ 85374

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