Emma Drake LMSW

I believe that acting in our values, coexisting with the discomfort of uncertainty, and practicing acceptance helps us to create a life worth living.

I incorporate evidence-based principles from CBT, DBT, RODBT, ACT, and ERP to help clients make sense of overwhelming emotions, unhelpful behavioral patterns, and negative thoughts. I am driven by working with clients on identifying barriers to living fully and identifying a skillful path forward rooted in resilience, curiosity, flexibility, and joy.

I enjoy working with individuals struggling with OCD or obsessive thoughts, anxiety, perfectionism, and overcontrol in addition to depression and other mood disorders. I have experience working with clients struggling with co-occurring substance use disorders and feel honored to help individuals in various stages of recovery.

My goal is to build a brave, collaborative, and welcoming space in which clients feel empowered to practice vulnerability and exploration.

My belief is that both validation and honest reflection is necessary for effective change. I practice a compassionate, direct, and humor-based approach to encourage clients to lean into their inherent strength and intuition and work toward a meaningful and values-driven life.

Credentials

• Emma Drake - Licensed Masters in Social Work (LMSW) #011568 (2024)

  • Clinically supervised by Emily Giattina Schneider LCSW (2023 - present)

  • Clinically supervised by Lauren Ramos LPC CPCS (2023 - present)

Training 

• Intensive Training:

  • Intensive (4 day) Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD (2024)

  • Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT) Level 2 Trained (2024-2025)

  • DBT Foundationally Trained (2023)

• Mending Minds and Bodies: Trauma-Focused Paths to Eating Disorder Recovery (2025)

• Adapting CBT and related approaches for autistic individuals (2024)

• Substance Use and Racial Trauma (2024)

• Crossing Borders & Creating Connection in Telemental Health: Ethical, Legal, & Clinical Best Practices (2024)

• Artificial Intelligence in Telemental Health: Ethical & Legal Considerations (2024)

• Foundations of Cultural Equity in Mental Health Care: Evidence-based strategies for clinicians to help all clients thrive (2023)

Education

• Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Georgia (2023)

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics and Global Health Studies from
  Northwestern University (2021)

Professional Experience

• Clinical Fellow at Active Resilience Counseling & Coaching (2024-present)

• Primary and Group Counselor at Skyland Trail (2023-2024)

• Clinical Intern at Skyland Trail (2022-2023)