MEET YOUR THERAPIST

Emily Scoffield

THERAPIST · LCSW · IN PERSON & TELEHEALTH

About Emily

Emily has spent her career inside the hardest moments of young people's lives. She has been a licensed clinical social worker since 2012 and has led clinical services at a residential treatment center for youth for a decade, most recently as Chief Clinical Officer. She knows what real crisis looks like and she knows what real recovery looks like.

She is a Trauma Informed Care master trainer who teaches other professionals how to build environments where young people heal. She is trained in DBT and EMDR, including an advanced EMDR dissociation workshop.

At Healing Within she sees children, teens and adults for individual, couples and family work. She believes healing happens far beyond the therapy office, through everyday relationships and the culture around a person, and she helps families build exactly that.

Emily is also a Utah approved supervisor who mentors newer clinicians and clinical directors.

Her career began with Utah Juvenile Justice Services. She is especially passionate about helping people understand and regulate their emotions, develop practical coping skills, and build the resilience needed to navigate life’s challenges. She has trained and supported professionals across the country in building more trauma-informed environments and has presented on trauma, dissociation, treatment-resistant youth, and the mental health crisis facing teenage girls.

Outside of work, Emily loves laughing with family and friends, being outdoors, biking, reading, and traveling. She has explored plenty of the world, but she’s always on the lookout for her next beach vacation.

In Emily's Words

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I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than 20 years of experience supporting adolescents, families, and behavioral healthcare professionals. My work includes complex trauma, suicidality, self-harm, high-acuity mental health challenges, and secondary trauma among those who care for others. I bring curiosity, warmth, transparency, kindness, and humor to help people understand the connection between their minds, bodies, and trauma responses. I believe therapy is a partnership grounded in safety, authenticity, and understanding. I want you to feel safe being your authentic self.

I believe connection is at the heart of healing, and I strive to create a therapeutic relationship built on trust, transparency, kindness, and genuine curiosity. I’m passionate about helping people understand how trauma can affect both the mind and body, including our emotions, behaviors, relationships, and nervous system. By using EMDR, DBT, CBT, Somatic interventions and other Trauma Informed modalities, we’ll explore these connections, build tools for regulation and resilience, and develop a deeper understanding of yourself. My goal is for therapy to feel like a partnership where you feel seen, understood, and supported.

Areas of Focus

What Emily Helps With

Trauma and PTSD
Complex Trauma
Dissociation
Crisis and Suicide Prevention
Suicidal Ideation
Self-Harm
Anxiety
Emotional Regulation

Adolescent Mental Health
Emotional and Behavioral Issues
Mood Disorders
Substance Use
Coping Skills
Self-Esteem
Personality Disorders

Stress
Family Conflict
Relationship Issues
Life Transitions
Women's Issues
Provider Burnout and Secondary Trauma
Adoption
Oppositional Defiance (ODD)

Therapy Approaches

EMDR, with advanced dissociation training
DBT
CBT
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Emotionally Focused Therapy

CAMS (suicide-specific care)
Crisis Intervention
Somatic Interventions
Trauma-Focused Therapy

Motivational Interviewing
Trauma Informed Care master trainer
Attachment-Based Therapy
Strength-Based Therapy

Clients & Communities

Children
Teens and adolescents
Adults

Individuals
Couples
Families
Groups

Workshops and psychoeducation
Helping professionals
Clinical supervision
LGBTQIA+ affirming

Training & Approach

EMDR, plus advanced dissociation training

DBT

CAMS

Crisis intervention

Motivational Interviewing

Trauma Informed Care master trainer

Utah approved supervisor

Who Emily Sees

Children

Teens and adolescents

Adults

Couples and families

In person or telehealth

Education

MSW, University of Utah, 2009

BS Family Science, Brigham Young University, 2000

Questions About Emily

Children, teens and adults, for individual, couples and family work, in person or by telehealth.
EMDR with advanced dissociation training, TBRI, DBT, CAMS and crisis intervention. She is a Trauma Informed Care master trainer who teaches other professionals how to build environments where young people heal.
She has been a licensed clinical social worker since 2012 and led clinical services at a residential treatment center for youth for a decade, most recently as Chief Clinical Officer, so she knows what real crisis and real recovery look like.