You became the “good daughter,” the “responsible one.”
And now you’re burnt the f*ck out.
Therapy for women healing from people-pleasing, perfectionism, and dysfunctional family dynamics.
Available in-person and virtually in Texas.
“Emma expertly balances comfort, validation, and insight- showing me compassion every step of the way. There’s no one else I’d rather work with to achieve my goals and better myself than Emma.”
You’ve spent years being understanding, low-maintenance, and “the bigger person.”
Now, you feel like you’re at your wits end.
Constantly making yourself small to keep everyone else comfortable disconnected you from your own wants, needs, and identity.
This is therapy for women who are tired of trying to prove they’re good enough.
Testimonials
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"I came to Emma when I was in the midst of dealing with a significantly traumatic event. Emma's patience and ability to create a calming environment allowed me to quickly feel comfortable enough to immediately begin working on processing the trauma. Emma's technique with EMDR was the most important tool that allowed me to begin experiencing daily life again without constant mental pain. I'm forever grateful for how much Emma has helped me."
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"Emma is a skilled, compassionate therapist and advocate for marginalized voices. Grounded in trauma-informed care, EMDR, and neurodivergence, they blend humor, clarity, and warm directness to uncover core issues and challenge blind spots with care."
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"I am eternally grateful for Emma’s expertise and help in guiding me on my mental health journey. Reflecting on the past five years of working with Emma, I am extremely proud of the immense progress I’ve made. My friends and family even praise me on my noticeable growth and often make the comment, “You must have an amazing therapist!” I certainly do! When I met Emma, I was struggling with anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD, and C-PTSD. I felt overwhelmed and incapable of overcoming my deepest insecurities. Week by week, Emma helped pick me up from some of the darkest times in my life with poise. Emma expertly balanced comfort, validation, and insight- showing me compassion every step of the way. I became more self-aware, confident, communicative, and built the necessary tools to help myself. During our talk-therapy and EMDR sessions, I was shocked by the breakthroughs I made. Not only does life feel manageable now, but also fun again! I was able to grow into a better person and practice healthy and helpful coping mechanisms. My communication skills and boundary setting capabilities have massively grown. There’s no one else I’d rather work with to achieve my goals and better myself than Emma. Thank you for everything you do, Emma, I am forever appreciative of your work and look forward to many more sessions in the future!"
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Hey there, I’m Emma Denning, LPC. I’m so glad you found your way here.
This is personalized care from someone who gets what you’re feeling and is ready to help you break free from it.
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✦ 6+ years helping women untangle high-functioning anxiety people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional burnout, and difficult family dynamics.
✦ Over a decade of work in childhood trauma and gender-issues.
✦ Therapy rooted in trauma-informed care, attachment work, intersectional feminism, and EMDR therapy.
✦ Supporting countless women in going from overthinking and carrying chronic guilt to feeling secure in themselves and comfortable taking up space in their lives.
✦ A warm, relational, insight-oriented approach that helps clients finally figure out the root causes and learn to live more authentically.
✦ This is not “sit on a couch and nod silently” therapy. This is “I’m so glad I am finally doing this!” therapy.
You’re ambitious as hell. And emotionally exhausted.
✦ You replay conversations for HOURS wondering if you sounded rude, selfish, dramatic, needy, or “too much.”
✦ You make excuses for everyone else while quietly punishing yourself.
✦ You feel guilty setting boundaries and never want to let anyone down.
✦ Rest feels uncomfortable and you feel like you need to be “on” all of the time.
✦ You’re exhausted from always having to prove yourself good enough just to feel safe, loved, or wanted.
Here, we work together to give you freedom to stop carrying everyone else’s burdens.
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Free 15-Minute Consult
Talk through what’s been feeling heavy, what patterns keep showing up, and how navigating this with someone who gets it can change everything.
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Real Change + Early Wins
Start understanding your reactions more clearly and second-guessing yourself less.
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Science-Backed Tools
Together we untangle survival roles, family dynamics, perfectionism, people-pleasing, emotional conditioning, and how the idea of you being “too much” was constantly reinforced for you.
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You're Safe Here
I get what you’re feeling. You do not need to impress me, make me comfortable, explain yourself perfectly, or show up as the “easy one” here.
Sometimes it’s overwhelming to be so self-aware.
You’ve probably already read the books, listened to the podcasts, watched a ton of informative videos and became extremely self-aware… like, you freaking GET IT.
But have a lot of knowledge on something and feeling safe enough + having the right tools to stop repeating exhausting patterns are two very different things.
This work helps connect the dots between your relationships, family roles, nervous system responses, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and the beliefs you learned about yourself growing up.
Therapy here is warm, collaborative, direct, trauma-informed, experiential and relational. No robot therapist energy. No pressure to filter yourself into a “more acceptable” version of you.
All feelings are valid here.
And yes, cursing is allowed too.
What Changes Here
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Here you are free to be fully, authentically yourself, learning to comfortably expressing what you feel without spiraling into guilt. Enjoying your life without carrying the weight of everyone’s expectations.
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With years of helping women untangle the impact of growing up in emotionally immature families, rooted in attachment work, intersectional feminism, and EMDR therapy.
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A lot of women feel relief right away by simply realizing that they are not alone in this, and overcoming life-long anxiety is possible.
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You can let go of Perfectionism and learn to connect with yourself. Messy, angry, anxious, awkward, burnt out, and overwhelmed people are welcome here.
FAQs
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Sessions are $165 per 50 minutes.
Extended, 75-minute or 90-minute sessions are available upon request at an additional fee.
Sliding scale slots are currently full.
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I am an out-of-network provider in order to ensure the protection of client data and confidential information. This also allows me to keep a smaller caseload so that I can provide quality care to clients.
For affordability, clients can submit Superbills that I send monthly to insurance for reimbursement, if eligible. Services like Mentaya can help with checking eligibility for reimbursement.
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I see clients in-person on Monday afternoons and evenings at my office located at 1713 Fort View Rd in Austin, TX.
Sundays through Thursdays I see clients remotely in the afternoons and evenings, between 1PM-8PM.
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Not every therapy space is the same. Here, the work is specialized to what you are experiencing and what your unique therapy needs for healing. My work is designed to connect you to the deeper patterns, understand what’s going on for on the inside, and changing sh*t that keeps repeating.
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