Emilee Crowder
Online TherapyAccepting New Clients
About Emilee
Hi! I’m Emilee Crowder, a relational, trauma-informed therapist providing online therapy for women in Texas, Arizona, Alaska, Utah & Washington.
I work especially well with women navigating people-pleasing, anxiety, attachment wounds, relational trauma & religious trauma. You might find yourself overthinking interactions, worrying that someone is upset with you, struggling to know what you actually want, feeling responsible for other people’s emotions, or noticing the same relationship patterns showing up again & again.
My approach to therapy is collaborative, curious & very human. Rather than simply trying to get rid of uncomfortable emotions, we’ll get curious about what they’re telling us, explore where your patterns came from & understand what they may have helped you survive, protect or maintain in the past. From there, we can work toward more self-trust, stronger boundaries & relationships where you don’t have to abandon yourself to stay connected.
I’m trained in EMDR through an EMDRIA-approved program & may integrate EMDR when it could help us work with experiences, memories, beliefs or emotional responses that continue to feel stuck.
I also bring lived experience to my work with religious trauma & faith transitions. I grew up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, served a mission, attended BYU & later left the church. I understand how deeply religion can become intertwined with identity, relationships, belonging & self-trust.
You don’t need to show up to therapy knowing exactly what to talk about or how to “do therapy” correctly. We’ll figure it out together.
Out-of-Network Cost
$175 per session
About Me
Why did you become a therapist, and what motivates you to continue?
My own experiences in therapy played a big role in why I became a therapist. I know what it’s like to sit on the other side of the room—to slowly understand yourself differently, make connections you hadn’t made before & experience what it feels like to have another person really see you.
What keeps me doing this work is getting to witness those moments for other people. I love when something suddenly clicks, when a client realizes a pattern makes much more sense than they thought it did, or when someone starts trusting themselves in a way they haven’t before.
I’m endlessly fascinated by people—why we become who we become, how relationships shape us, what our emotions are trying to communicate & how the things we learned to do to survive or stay connected can follow us into adulthood. Getting to explore all of that alongside another person is genuinely one of my favorite things about being a therapist.
About Me
For people that are hesitant to try therapy, what do you wish you could tell them?
I remember how uncomfortable it felt to start therapy myself. It took time before I felt safe enough to be fully honest—with my therapist & sometimes with myself. So if part of you wants therapy while another part wants absolutely nothing to do with talking to a stranger about your feelings...that makes sense to me.
You don’t have to show up ready to tell me everything. You don’t need to know what to talk about, have the “right” goals, cry on cue, or be immediately vulnerable. We can build trust over time.
Therapy can absolutely be uncomfortable sometimes, but I don’t think discomfort means we need to push past your limits. We can slow down, get curious about what’s coming up & figure out together what you need.
Most importantly, you’re allowed to decide whether I’m the right therapist for you. Therapy is a relationship, and finding someone you feel comfortable being increasingly honest with matters.
About Me
What should people thinking about working with you, know about you?
I’m a therapist, but I’m also a human—and I bring that humanity into the therapy room. Humor is a big part of my personality, so when it fits, there will probably be laughter alongside the hard stuff. I’m relational, engaged & not afraid to be a real person with you rather than sitting silently on the other side of the screen.
I also don’t expect myself to be a perfect therapist. I might misunderstand something, say something that doesn’t land, or realize I want to phrase something differently. When that happens, I’ll own it. I’ll ask for your feedback, care about how our relationship is impacting you & make room for repair when we need it. I think therapy can be a pretty powerful place to practice what it’s like to be honest in a relationship without having to manage the other person’s response.
I’ll challenge you when I think it might be helpful, but I’ll also be right there getting curious with you. And one of my favorite parts of being a therapist is noticing people—their strengths, patterns, contradictions, humor & all the little things that make them who they are. My hope is that over time, you get better at seeing those things in yourself, too.
Location
TexasUtahWashingtonAlaskaArizona
Specialties
Trauma and PTSDAnxietyIndividual TherapySelf EsteemSpiritual or ReligiousStressWomen's Issues
Client Focuses
Adult
Approaches
Attachment-basedPerson-CenteredPsychodynamicRelationalTrauma Focused
