meet emily

Therapy that listens.
Healing that's real.

Integrated Relational Psychotherapy for the body, mind and spirit. Together we can move toward healing.

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Your trusted relational resource.

I help people navigate the complicated aspects of being human.
My Story and Experience

My passion for helping people heal holistically began as a student athlete in high school and college. Soon after, it developed from a passion into my professional life: I earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Northwestern in St. Paul, MN, and a masters degree in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis on Marriage and Family Therapy from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, CA. Along the way, I spent seven years working in student life. Ultimately gathering, 13 years as a working mom. My heart, education, personal and professional experience have led me to work I love.

Emily Kirkbride sits in her therapy office on the couch.Emily Kirkbride sits in her therapy office on the couch.
Emily Kirkbride drinking coffee while doing therapy.Emily Kirkbride sits in her therapy office on the couch.

Live with more creativity, meaning, and wholeness.

I help couples and individuals catalyze change, transformation, and healing.
Connection and Compassion
Connection and compassion lead my relational work with clients. I work with couples and individuals that are in struggling. I will use our therapeutic relationship to create clarity and awareness of your emotions, body sensations, memories and thoughts to help catalyze change, transformation, and healing.
A Safe, Secure Space
If you want to live with more creativity, meaning and wholeness, I would love to invite you into a safe, secure relationship with me that will help you and your relationships move toward healing.

My Values

My values keep me rooted personally and professionally

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Holistic
The spirit is crucial to living a life that is satisfying.  The spirit feels most alive when the body, mind and spirit are linked and working at full capacity. I hold an awareness of this in the room with clients and it guides the healing work we do.
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Enlightening
The work of therapy is creating deeper self-awareness in order to live a more satisfying life. Self-awareness helps us to create integrated narratives to increase understanding, compassion and empathy for ourselves and others. Our work will often help you make sense of your past so you can live more fully aware and empowered in your present.
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Real
I am a human too. Our relationship is a micro environment for what you experience in your day to day lives. I do my best to show up and authentically be myself with you so that you can feel comfortable to do the same. We will work on our relationship to help you grow in awareness and capacity to hold a full spectrum of emotions and experiences of your own and others.
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Inclusive
It is important to me that all parts of you have space to be seen, heard, and loved. The therapeutic relationship is meant to help you be more accepting of all parts of you.

The Space

It is important to me that all parts of you have space to be seen, heard and loved.

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Emily Kirkbride prepares the couch pillows for a therapy session in Orange County.
A patient receives therapy on the couch in Emily Kirkbride's therapy office in Orange County.
Emily Kirkbride sitting in her therapy office with a cup of coffee in Orange County.
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Emily Kirkbride talks to a patient during a therapy session on her couch in Orange County.
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my hope for you
Our work together  will catalyze change create support for you as you move toward integrating and healing from past traumas, disconnection, and pain. You will leave feeling more secure, peaceful and clear about who you are.
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A couch by a window and plant in Emily Kirkbride's therapy office.A couch by a window and plant in Emily Kirkbride's therapy office.
It is important to me that all parts of you have space to be seen, heard and loved.