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Emily Williams, LPC/S, LAC/S, MAC, DBT-LBC, is a licensed professional counselor, clinical supervisor, and integrative trauma therapist. Her work focuses on attachment and relational trauma, dissociation, emotion regulation, and complex clinical presentations. She integrates evidence-based approaches including DBT, RO-DBT, EMDR, and Deep Brain Reorienting. Williams also develops clinical frameworks and educational resources that translate psychological research into practical tools for therapists and the people they serve.
When the Map Becomes the Territory: A Model of Interpersonal Meaning-Making
Abstract Interpersonal experiences do not speak for themselves. We observe what another person does, but we still must make sense of what that behavior means. We remember events while also reconstructing their meaning, and information learned later through conversation, context, or subsequent events can become part of how we understand the original experience. Research in […]
Emily Williams, MA
October 26, 2026
The Family That Never Arrives: An Integrative Framework for Attachment, Ambiguous Loss, and the Ghost Family
A woman receives a warm text from her mother. Hope fills her heart. Maybe this time we can talk honestly. The woman changes all of her plans and contacts her mother ready to repair years of distance. The conversation remains pleasant until she mentions something painful. The words barely make it into the air before […]
Emily Williams, MA
September 9, 2026