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Emma Kiely, MA, LPC, LMHC
Therapist | Intern Coordinator
OCD Therapy, ERP, Anxiety Treatment, and Trauma Therapy for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
Emma Kiely is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida. She works with children, adolescents, and young adults experiencing anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, and mood concerns. She is formally trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard, evidence-based treatment for OCD, helping clients reduce intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and anxiety-driven behaviors while building confidence and emotional regulation.
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Emma earned her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College and integrates cognitive-behavioral, body-based, and holistic approaches into her work. She tailors therapy to each client’s developmental stage while helping clients and families better understand the connection between the brain, nervous system, and emotional health.
More about Emma
Emma’s work focuses on helping children, teens, and young adults heal from anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, and nervous system dysregulation. She brings a thoughtful balance of evidence-based treatment, psychoeducation, and compassionate support so clients can better understand their experiences and build practical skills for lasting emotional stability.
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Emma takes a humanistic, holistic, and science-informed approach to therapy. She is particularly passionate about helping clients understand how anxiety and OCD function in the brain and body. By combining insight with practical therapeutic tools, she helps clients feel more capable, empowered, and in control of their healing process.
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Emma integrates cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure-based treatment, and body-based regulation strategies to support meaningful and sustainable change. Her training in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) allows her to work effectively with individuals experiencing:
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Intrusive thoughts
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Compulsions and mental rituals
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Avoidance behaviors
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Panic and health anxiety
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OCD-related distress and fear patterns
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Emma works with clients from diverse backgrounds experiencing anxiety-related disorders including OCD, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), agoraphobia, health anxiety, and specific phobias. She also has extensive experience supporting children and adolescents with trauma and mood disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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Additionally, Emma has experience supporting military children and families, recognizing the unique emotional challenges related to relocation, deployment, and family transitions.
Background & Training
Emma earned her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts. She completed her graduate clinical internship at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England, where she worked as a graduate intern in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In this role, she provided trauma-informed care to children, adolescents, and young adults ages seven to twenty.
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Prior to graduate school, Emma graduated summa cum laude from Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Biology.
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During her undergraduate training she gained early clinical experience as:
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An adolescent inpatient intern at New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Behavioral Health Center
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An outreach intern with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-RI)​
Advanced Clinical Training
​Emma has received specialized training in:
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) through the Medical University of South Carolina​
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Motivational Interviewing through Boston Medical Center
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Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) through Boston Medical Center
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She has also completed advanced continuing education including:
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When the Body Becomes the Obsession: Understanding and Treating Body-Based Obsessions with Evidence-Based Interventions
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OCD in Focus: Diagnosis, Neuroscience, and Evidence-Based Treatment
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Managing Worry & Mental Compulsions: Treatment Strategies for Active Minds
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Clinical Strategies to Address Predictors of Attenuated Outcomes in Pediatric OCD Treatment
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Grand Rounds: Military Cultural Competence
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Emma utilizes CBT, DBT, ERP, and developmentally appropriate interventions in both individual and group therapy settings.
Therapeutic Approach
Emma believes healing happens when clients feel safe, understood, and empowered. She incorporates body-based practices such as breathwork, progressive muscle relaxation, and gentle movement to support nervous system regulation and emotional balance.
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Her integrative approach helps clients connect their emotional experiences with physiological responses, allowing them to better understand and recover from chronic anxiety, trauma, and emotional dysregulation.
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Emma strives to create a warm, collaborative therapeutic environment where clients and families feel supported as they work toward growth, stability, and long-term well-being.
Areas of Specialty
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Anxiety Disorders (OCD, Panic Disorder, GAD, Health Anxiety, Phobias, Agoraphobia)
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Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD
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Trauma Therapy for Children, Teens, and Young Adults
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
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Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) & Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
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Body-Based & Nervous System Regulation Practices
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Military Children & Family Support
