e m e r g e n c e
a practice with Emerald Niakan
our wounds are portals for healing in the dance of remembrance. we were never suppose to do this alone. if you find yourself fatigued by patterns of distance that divorce you from self-love and erode self-esteem, leaving you longing for deeper intimacy and trust, i am here to support you. i bring unwavering devotion to exalt your humanness, from shadow to light. this isn't regular talk therapy. this is the art of e m e r g e n c e.
Emerald Niakan
sojourner, human, kin weaver
like all of us, i am many things. things I am letting go of and things i am becoming. like you, i am on a journey of healing. i am humbled by experiences that invite me to recreate, restructure and renew, again and again. i am a therapist because i am beckoned towards an ache that never stops aching–a fierce knowing that love and connection is our birthright and this truth can never be stolen from us.
i join you in the exploration of reshaping your life. i turn towards the parts you've been patterned to turn away from. i hold a mirror to what you already know, shedding light on hidden patterns shaping your relationships, sense of self and path forward.
whatever is hurting, bring it here. it's okay to not be okay and to not know how. i am here and not turning away. being held and witnessed the first step reclaiming your e m e r g e n c e on the throne of your life.
therapy is a relationship
let’s begin with a conversation to explore what might e m e r g e
your experience matters to me
I often don't know how I feel. It's never been safe for me to feel. I cannot locate feelings in my body. I have a hard time making peace with my feelings. I identify as a people-pleaser and setting boundaries is unfamiliar and uncomfortable.
I feel lost. So much change has happened or is happening. It's like a cloud is darkening my clarity. I know underneath this, is a deep knowing it's possible to be more expressed, embodied and empowered.
My partner(s) and I are stuck in familiar fights and we don't know how to get out the cycle. Emotional dysregulation sabotages our relationship. One or more people in our relationship are questioning the relationship and feel unsure about a trajectory.
I have a complex trauma background and I'm skeptical of therapy. I'm either new to therapy or I've tried and it hasn't worked. The pain and shame consumes me. I'm desperate for someone to understand me.
The adult-child-parent dynamic we have is strained. We've tried talking and I don't know how to forgive them. We want to work on our relationship but we don't know how to repair or strengthen our relationship.
We connect but I have a desire for more. It's scary to bring my heart to my partner(s) when it can barely go there with myself. My partner(s) are supportive but we don't know how to create a landscape of deeper intimacy.
the deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain-kahlil gibran
working together
r e l a t i o n s h i p s
Above all, we are relational beings. Belonging and becoming are intricately linked. Relationships are worlds within themselves where we get to rewrite stories often not written by us. This is the space to deconstruct cycles of pain and separation. Relational containers are always contextual and involve a variety of relationship constellations.
i n d i v i d u a l s
Home within you is always waiting. Often we've been pattered away from living in our bodies. Secure scaffolding of self love is the healing balm for the insatiable hunger of "not enough-ness" driving the undercurrent of our lives. Individual therapy is the altar for experiencing who we really are, hidden in plain sight.
e m d r
A fancy acronym for the leading evidenced-based trauma treatment and a variety of problems in experience. This work is a root-cause approach to addressing how the past is influencing the present without having to rehash in an unproductive way. A grounded resource for catalyzing lasting positive change.