Our Associates
Leigh Huggins (she/her) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Child-Centered Play Therapy (CCPT). She understands the impact of having a safe and accepting adult presence in a child’s life. Leigh aims to help children process their inner worlds through the lens of non-directive play. CCPT is an effective treatment for children aged 3-12 which helps children build problem solving skills, gain emotional awareness, understand healthy limits, and learn self-regulation. Leigh also offers parent and caregiver coaching to help the adults in her client’s lives work together to support their kids’ healthy development.
In addition, Leigh offers psychoanalytic psychotherapy for individuals aged 14 and up. This is a relational depth modality that explores how our unique personalities developed from our early childhood relationships. By focusing on how the past seeps into the present moment between us, we can rewrite the stories we hold in our DNA: generational patterns that taught you what love is, who deserves it, and how to give and receive it. That rewriting also requires mourning that you did not receive the love that you needed to feel secure in yourself. Together, we will identify and work towards goals that can help you to feel more grounded, free, confident in your self-worth and safe in your relationships.
Em Scott (they/she) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who works primarily with teens, adults, couples, and LGBTQIA+ clients. Em brings warmth, compassion, and humor to the room, but will challenge you when necessary to support your growth. They believe that developing emotional differentiation—the ability to balance a strong sense of self while connecting to others—is key to meaningful change.
In their work with individuals, Em specializes in anxiety and panic disorders, historical child abuse, addictions, navigating LGBTQIA+ identity, and teen mental health. Rooted in Family Systems Therapy, Em blends evidence-based practices like CBT and DBT with holistic therapies such as somatic techniques, Polyvagal Theory, and sound healing. In their work with couples, Em uses the Gottman Method to help couples manage conflict, rebuild after betrayal, and strengthen trust and intimacy.
Claire Kelley (she/her) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who works with teens, adults, and couples. She specializes in navigation of insecure attachment, rejection sensitivity dysphoria (RSD), and abandonment trauma, and is passionate about supporting neurodivergent, Highly Sensitive, and LGBTQIA+ individuals, among other groups. As a queer-identifying person with ADHD, Claire also knows firsthand what it can feel like to navigate a world designed around neurotypical and heteronormative expectations. She strives to create a therapy space where clients feel genuinely seen, accepted, and empowered to embrace their authentic selves.
Claire believes that therapy isn't one-size-fits-all and tailors her work to each individual's unique experiences, identities, and goals. She understands how painful relational wounds can make closeness and vulnerability feel, and works with clients to explore old patterns, build greater self-understanding, and develop new ways of relating that feel more secure and fulfilling. She values building a therapeutic relationship rooted in warmth and curiosity, where clients can explore every part of themselves without fear of judgment. Her hope is that clients leave therapy feeling more connected to themselves and confident in who they are.