Emily Thomas
LMFT-A
Westfield Office and Zionsville Office
Ages & Typical Clients: Couples, Adults, Families, Teens (14+)
Specialty Areas
I work with individuals, couples, and families navigating:
Anxiety & depression
Trauma & grief
Relationship & family conflict
Infertility & perinatal issues
Chronic & terminal illness
Life transitions
What It’s Like to Work With Me
I believe in the therapeutic relationship and aim to create a warm, comfortable, safe, and compassionate environment for my clients. I admire the bravery it takes to engage in therapy in hopes of meaningful change. While my approach is eclectic, I am predominantly informed by psychodynamic and family systems therapies. As a marriage and family therapist (MFT), I work with many therapy types, including couples, individuals, families, and adolescents. I tailor therapy to each client’s unique needs—whether it’s guiding couples through conflict, helping individuals and their families cope with medical diagnosis and treatment, helping parents and children improve communication, or offering support during times of uncertainty and transition. I strive to provide a grounded, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their emotions, develop coping strategies, and move toward greater self-awareness and emotional well-being.
Qualifications & Experience
I earned my Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Indiana Wesleyan University and have experience working with individuals, couples, and families in a variety of settings. My background includes supporting clients through:
Maladaptive relational dynamics and conflict
Family conflict & co-parenting struggles, helping to improve communication and understanding
Grief, infertility, chronic illness & terminal illness, addressing the emotional impact of long-term challenges
Anxiety, depression, & trauma recovery, integrating practical coping strategies
Postpartum Support International’s Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder program
I integrate a combination of therapeutic approaches to meet the needs of each client, including:
Psychodynamic Therapy: Focusing on deepening insight and self-awareness of the past’s impact on the presenting problem and developing more effective coping skills.
Family Systems: Focusing on presenting problems in the context of the family, as well as generational, social, and cultural factors influencing its members.
Structural Family Therapy: Focusing on understanding family rules, patterns, boundaries, and hierarchies to identify ways to improve interactions between family members.
Solution Focused Therapy: A strength-based approach focusing on solutions rather than problem solving; a future-focused approach.
Mindfulness techniques: Promoting emotion regulation, stress reduction, and increased awareness.
My Philosophy
"If we can experience emotional growth and insight within ourselves, it naturally follows that we can find emotional growth and insight within our relationships. This transformation can begin within the safety of therapy."
