Emerald Niakan
Licensed Couples + Family Therapist, Associate
As a Licensed Couples and Family Therapist Associate (LCFTA) and graduate of Seattle University’s MA in Couples and Family Therapy program, my work is relational and systemic. We exist within a web of relationships —with self, body, intimate others, and the natural world. Connection with ourselves deepens connection with life around us.
I work with individuals and a diverse landscape of relationships, including couples, non-monogamous partnerships, and families of all kinds. Together, we explore how past and present experiences shape your story and relationships, creating pathways toward greater connection and flourishing.
I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation call to explore if we’re a good fit.
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r e l a t i o n s h i p s
Relationships are worlds within themselves where we get to rewrite our stories of belonging. Relational therapy encompasses all sorts of connections including couples, non-monogamous constellations, families of all kinds and even peer and community relationships. This work is for those who feel stuck in cycles, longing for deeper connection, trust and intimacy. Together, we uncover core dynamics and deconstruct barriers to love, creating pathways to closeness you prefer.
i n d i v i d u a l s
Individual therapy is a depth oriented container for a homecoming process to you. Together we explore the relationship you have with yourself, creating conditions for greater coherence and fulfillment in life. Experiences of anxiety, trauma and PTSD may be impacting your self-esteem keeping you stuck in old and harmful patterns. I hold a mirror to your innate propensity for healing, shedding light on what shapes your sense of self, relationships and path forward. You don’t have to do this alone.
More than talk therapy.
Therapeutic work lives at the precipice—between what was, is, and could be. It’s a process of storying; listening deeply for the ways you’ve come to understand yourself and how problems have impacted your sense of self, relationships, and life.
In our work together, you can expect a grounded space that invites depth, curiosity, and embodied presence. My counseling and therapeutic approach integrates Narrative and Experiential therapies—separating you from the problem so we can explore what’s in the way of the life and relationships you’d prefer. When appropriate, I integrate EMDR tools to address how past experiences shape the present, supporting lasting and integrated change.
In our space together, clients develop a more dignified and secure relationship with themselves and others, experiencing life with greater clarity, fulfillment, and connection. I join you in reshaping your life by turning towards what's tender, creating space for what might emerge. Whatever hurts, bring it here.
This isn't regular talk therapy.
This is the art of e m e r g e n c e.
