Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC, LPC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Minneapolis MN
It is common for people who have experienced significant life changes, challenging relationship dynamics, individual trauma or collective trauma to feel a sense of disconnection from their inner self, their bodies, and their relationships. It often feels as if the weight of your experiences are blocking you from fully engaging in your present life. I specialize in supporting you in healing these barriers to growth and building unity within yourself and your relationships.
In session, we will attend to your mind, body, spirit, and collective experience. My intention is to support you through challenging life patterns, personal struggle, and difficult relationship dynamics. We will work together to validate your pain and joy without shame, activate inner wisdom, and move towards healing and wholeness.
I am a compassionately direct and relational therapist. This means that I will be honest with you about what I'm noticing, I will laugh and cry with you, and I will prioritize the safety of our relationship as an essential aspect of the healing process. Each session is customized to meet you where you are at, and I believe that you are the expert in your own experience.
I hold a M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Bastyr University, a Graduate level certificate in Psychedelic Assisted-Therapies and Research from The California Institute of Integral Studies, and a Master’s level certificate in Holistic Health from St. Catherine University. I am also a registered yoga teacher. My therapeutic approach encompasses the integration of therapy, yoga, and psychedelic practices. My work with clients is based in learning safe embodiment, deep listening to self and intuition, and curiosity into the possibility of the present moment. My work has taught me that trauma shows up in many forms, and that our bodies and consciousness have the ability to teach us what our minds may have difficulty accessing and expressing.
My personal practice with altered consciousness states has been integral to my own trauma healing and personal growth. Meditation, Holotropic Breathwork, and psychedelic medicine work provide me a space to enter the depths of my subconscious and connect to resources inside and outside of myself. I hold sacred my relationships with the many facets of self and the greater sense of collective love consciousness, for these are my greatest teachers.