Emily Sullivan, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

My priority as a clinician is to co-construct an environment that feels affirming, warm, and responsive to the needs of clients managing various life challenges and traumas including sudden losses. My therapy style incorporates relational and existential frameworks that invite clients to build awareness of their inner systems, claim their autonomy, and move toward meaningful change, at a pace that feels right for them.

I blend modalities such as Internal Family Systems (IFS), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and emotion-focused approaches with my clients, and my practice is always informed by grief and loss, even if a client’s feelings are not associated with a death. I hold precious the opportunity to practice humility as I walk alongside clients who are willing to generously share their stories, and I will never pretend to know more about a client’s experiences than them, as I believe they are the true experts.

I hold a master’s degree in social work from the University of Pennsylvania and have worked in community, hospital, and group practice settings. As a clinical social worker, my perspectives are informed by intersectionality and harm reduction, and I highly value learning about the strengths of clients as well as what helps them to keep going when things feel impossible. I love to connect, human to human, with clients while learning about them as whole people and collaborating with them to ensure our work best honors their desires, goals, and agency.

I currently offer individual and group therapy at the Center for Grief and Trauma Therapy for people of all ages, and I remain involved as a volunteer in grief spaces elsewhere, guided by my own loss experiences. I also hold certification in Grief Therapy for Suicide Bereavement through the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition.

Specialties

· Grief, Traumatic Loss, Suicide Loss

· IFS

· EMDR

· Meaning Reconstruction

· Depression and Anxiety/OCD

Ages Served

· All Ages

Education

· Grief Therapy for Suicide Bereavement Certification

· University of Pennsylvania, Master’s Degree in Social Work

· Emory University, Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies and Minor in Ethics

Licenses

· DE License #Q1-0012845

· PA License #CW026683

· MA License #LICSW1142789