Let’s call forward your courageous self-knowing.

Now that you’re here:

Welcome.

There are a number of paths that may have gotten you to this page. Whatever the path, whatever the reason: Welcome. It’s great to have you here. If you can, take a beat to let your bones settle. We’ll get to where we’re going, but it’s good to have you here, now.

 

Who the heck is Em House?

Em (they/them) is a passionate advocate for people’s growth and resilience. They are committed to change-making through transparency, radical self-acceptance, courageous vision, and intersectional collective action. Currently, Em works as a faculty member (MEd) for the Co-Active Training Institute's Coach Training and Leadership programs, as well as a clinical supervisor and therapist for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ communities (MSW, LCSW), and a Co-Active coach (PCC, CPCC). Across all professions, Em’s approach is marked by their unique blend of down-to-earth honesty, compassion, and playfulness.

"[Em] encouraged me to dream bigger and brighter than I had ever imagined for myself.“

-E.B.


Services

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    Individual Coaching

    50-minute sessions working on a topic brought to session. Sessions combine Co-Active, gestalt, and somatic principles, supporting clients in areas of healing and growth. Sessions offered per diem or in packages.

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    Certification Coaching

    A 6-month package for coaches going through Certification. Package blends individual coaching, metaview analysis, peer mentorship and exam preparation.

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    Individual Therapy

    Supporting the healing and growth of LGBTQ+ clients, drawing from Gestalt, somatic, and trauma-informed, psychodynamic frameworks. Specializations in: healing sexual trauma, gender identity emergence, mapping and unmasking neurodivergence, and perinatal/post-partum anxiety and depression.

  • MSW/LSW Supervision

    Short- or long-term licensure supervision for Pennsylvania-based MSWs and LSWs. Supporting emerging therapists who are strengthening their therapeutic style and seeking greater freedom in the field of social work.

  • Gender-Affirming Surgery Letters

    We all have a right to bodily autonomy. Sliding scale consult and free mental health letters supporting gender-affirming surgical procedures for PA residents.

  • Nature-based Sessions

    90-minute in-person walk and talk sessions in the nature of Carpenter’s Woods. 30 minute virtual preparatory session initially required.

We are the ones we need right now. It’s time to reach out.