Emily Hand, LPC

Emily Hand is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee. She focuses on relationship concerns alongside stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, parenting challenges, and other life changes. Emily uses straightforward, respectful language and aims to meet people where they are without judgment.

She brings four years of clinical experience helping people manage substance and behavioral addiction and recover from physical or emotional trauma. Emily blends practical strategies with gentle curiosity to help clients notice their strengths and build goals they can follow. Sessions emphasize real-life skills and workable steps rather than labels.

Her approach mixes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behavioral ideas, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based thinking, and mindfulness techniques. Emily adapts conversations and the plan of care to each person’s needs and pace. She tends to keep sessions interactive and collaborative.

People who want clear tools for anxiety, anger, sleep trouble, or relationship and intimacy questions may find her style useful. She also supports parents dealing with stress from parenting and people coping with grief or major life transitions. Emily aims to help people build more steady routines, stronger self-esteem, and better ways to cope.

To begin, prospective clients follow a short matching process and then schedule sessions based on availability. All work is conducted in English and follows the Tennessee LPC scope of practice.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Emily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thinking and practice small behavior changes. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and managing anger by breaking worries into manageable steps.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for people who are processing past trauma or abuse. EMDR focuses on reducing the intensity of traumatic memories so they interfere less with daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Emily will work together with each person to decide which combination of methods best fits their goals and preferences. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques over time and adjusting based on what helps most.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit work into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, allow for shorter check-ins during the day, or let someone choose a quieter setting with fewer interruptions. Licensed professionals, including therapists, can use online sessions to deliver talk therapy, teach coping skills, and guide EMDR or mindfulness work when appropriate.