I’m Emily, the founder of Chestnut Collective.

For many years, my work has been rooted in supporting mothers, babies, families, and professionals through the tender and often complex seasons of growth, transition, and healing. My background in Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, and reflective practice has shaped the way I connect with others — through a deep knowing and compassion for each person’s capacity to heal is profound. Humans are complex and they bring with them histories, experiences and nervous systems wired to their environments.

Over time, I became increasingly drawn to the ways our emotions can live within us — not only in our thoughts, but in our bodies, our patterns, our relationships, and the ways we move through daily life. This curiosity led me to additional training and certification in energy work, which has become a meaningful complement to my years of clinical and reflective experience.

Through Chestnut Collective, I offer gentle, supportive practices that create space for emotional release, nervous system settling, reflection, and reconnection. My work is grounded, compassionate, and intuitive. It is not about rushing toward change or forcing healing. It is about slowing down enough to listen to what is ready to be noticed, softened, and released.

I created Chestnut Collective as a space for people who are seeking something nurturing, holistic, and deeply supportive — whether they are moving through motherhood, emotional overwhelm, professional caregiving, or a season of personal growth.

At the heart of this work is my belief that healing happens through connection: connection to ourselves, to our bodies, to our stories, and to the wisdom already within us.

Training and Experience

Emily is a clinical social worker with extensive experience in Infant Mental Health, Perinatal Mental Health, reflective consultation, and supporting mothers, families, children, and professionals. Her work integrates a relational, attachment-based, trauma-informed, and nervous-system-informed lens with holistic practices that support emotional release and reconnection. She has recently become a certified Emotion Code Practitioner and is working toward other energy healing certifications so support her clients.