About Emily Hansen

About Emily

Emily is a Registered Psychotherapist and has been a valued member of the MyLife team since 2019. She has nearly a decade of experience supporting adults, teens, and children. Emily helps clients navigate challenges like anxiety, depression, emotional regulation, neurodivergence, and complex family issues in a warm, down-to-earth environment where they can feel comfortable exploring what matters most.

Children & Youth (5+)

It’s hard to watch your child struggle with overwhelming feelings, challenges at school, or troubles coping with big life changes. Working with children as young as five is one of Emily’s main areas of passion and expertise. She creates a playful, relaxed environment where kids of all ages can explore their feelings and find their footing. Drawing on her experience working in a mental health treatment classroom, she has unique insight into helping children with behavioural and emotional regulation, giving them tools to feel capable and confident. Whenever possible, she also partners with you to develop practical take-home strategies to maintain your child’s progress in between sessions.

Adult Stress, Anxiety, and Depression

Juggling your career, relationships, and well-being can leave you feeling stressed, anxious, or disconnected from what brings you joy. Emily helps you press pause on the chaos and reconnect with yourself. She helps you build coping skills, untangle complex relationship patterns, and re-examine self-limiting beliefs using a variety of approaches including CBT, DBT, and narrative therapy. Together, you can move from feeling overwhelmed to feeling grounded and directed, equipped with a clear plan for the future.

ADHD and Neurodivergence

For adults recently diagnosed with ADHD or parents supporting a neurodivergent child, navigating the world can be exhausting. Emily offers affirming therapy for clients of all ages with ADHD, Autism, and other forms of neurodivergence. She helps you move beyond managing symptoms toward genuine self-acceptance. The goal isn’t to change who you are, but to understand your unique strengths and develop skills to apply your abilities at school, at work, and in your relationships.

Chronic Pain and Illness

A diagnosis of a chronic illness or persistent pain can turn your world upside down, bringing with it a complex mix of grief, hopelessness, frustration, and isolation. Beyond the physical symptoms, you’re left coping with the emotional toll of a body that feels unpredictable. Drawing from both professional expertise and her own lived experience with chronic illness, Emily truly understands. She offers guidance, skills, and support as you navigate these challenging ups and downs. Using a strength-based approach, Emily is committed to helping you regain a positive sense of self and meaning beyond your diagnosis.

Emily’s Background

As MyLife’s Clinical Manager and one of our experienced supervisors, Emily provides leadership and mentorship to our therapists, ensuring they provide the highest quality care to their clients. Outside of work, she is deeply connected to nature and her community, balancing office time with life on her rural mini-homestead—making maple syrup, gardening, looking after chickens, or hiking with her dog, husband, and infant child.

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