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Emma Kiely, MA, LPC
Therapist | Intern Coordinator
Emma is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who completed her master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling at Boston College, in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a specialized interest in working with children, teenagers, and young adults with anxiety, OCD & trauma. Emma incorporates cognitive-behavioral and holistic practices into her counseling. Emma is trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), an evidence-based treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, allowing her to specialize in treating those struggling with OCD.
More about Emma
Emma’s work is grounded in helping children, teenagers, and young adults heal from anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), trauma, and nervous system dysregulation. She brings a thoughtful balance of evidence-based practice, compassion, and education to her work, helping clients better understand their minds and bodies while building skills for lasting emotional regulation and resilience.
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Emma takes a humanistic, holistic, and science-informed approach to therapy. She is especially passionate about demystifying mental health struggles by teaching clients about the brain, nervous system, and biological foundations of anxiety. By combining insight with practical tools, Emma empowers clients to feel more confident, capable, and in control of their healing process.
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As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Emma integrates cognitive-behavioral and body-based practices to support meaningful and sustainable change. She is trained in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard, evidence-based treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, allowing her to specialize in working with individuals who experience intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and anxiety-driven behaviors.
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Emma works with clients from all backgrounds who are struggling with anxiety-related disorders, including OCD, panic disorder, health anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), agoraphobia, and specific phobias. She also has extensive experience supporting children and adolescents with mood disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In addition, Emma works with military children and families, recognizing the unique stressors that accompany frequent moves, deployments, and family separations.
Background & Training
Emma earned her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Boston College in Boston, Massachusetts. She completed her master’s-level clinical internship at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England, where she served as a graduate intern in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In this role, she provided compassionate, developmentally appropriate counseling to children, teenagers, 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 her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with minors in Neuroscience and Biology. During her undergraduate training, she gained clinical exposure as an adolescent inpatient intern at New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s Behavioral Health Center and as an outreach intern with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI-RI).
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Emma has received formal training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) through the Medical University of South Carolina, Motivational Interviewing through Boston Medical Center, and Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) through Boston Medical Center. She also has experience utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), play therapy, and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) in both individual and group 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 yoga to support nervous system regulation and emotional balance. Her holistic approach allows clients to connect more deeply with both their emotional experiences and physiological responses, supporting healing from chronic anxiety, trauma, and dysregulation.
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Emma is committed to creating 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 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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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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Play Therapy & Developmentally Appropriate Interventions
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Body-Based & Nervous System Regulation Practices
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Military Children & Family Support
