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Counseling, Psychiatry & Holistic Mental Health Care

Serving Drexel Hill, Havertown, Broomall, Springfield, Media, Delaware County (DelCo) & the Main Line, Pennsylvania

Emily Kahn-Freedman's Profile

Emily Kahn-Freedman, L.M.F.T.

ABOUT MY PRACTICE

Are you struggling to stay in a frustrating relationship? Do you feel lonely even though you have a partner? Are you troubled by your own emotional reactions, or do you have difficulty expressing or understanding your own feelings?

I have experience helping people with a wide range of problems including communication, sexuality, betrayal, grief, anger, anxiety, and disability. My training is in couple and family therapy as well as human sexuality. I also have extensive training in working with individuals.

I love to help couples and families rediscover their joy in being together. I can help people better understand and express their emotions, and learn to better control their reactions in stressful relationships. My current study of experiential dynamic psychotherapy enriches my use of the therapy relationship to heal old wounds.

In addition to training in family therapy and sex therapy, I am certified in clinical hypnosis. I love to teach self-hypnosis because it enables people to use their own minds to overcome almost any difficulty.

I believe that, as pioneer psychiatrist Dr. Milton Erickson once said, you have to “invent a new theory and a new approach for each individual.” However, it’s helpful to know that I often take a “family systems” approach, which examines how each person and relationship is affected by the interaction of family members, past and present. I am able to see multiple points of view and help family members understand one another better.

I like to build on the strengths and successes rather than the weaknesses of each person or family. And I often focus on emotional reactions that occur within the therapy session, to help individuals and couples examine and manage the patterns that may be hurting them in daily life.

CREDENTIALS

Licenses and Certifications:

• Pennsylvania license in Marriage and Family Therapy, #MF000013
• Clinical Member, American Association of Marriage & Family Therapy
• Certified as a Sex Therapist by the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors & Therapists (AASECT)
• Certified in Hypnotherapy by the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH)
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Education & Training

• Family Institute of Philadelphia, 1996-1999: Clinical training program in Marriage and Family Therapy
• Temple University, January 1990-1994: completed required coursework and comprehensive examination (all but dissertation) in PhD program, Health Education/Health Counseling. Awarded University Fellowship for 1990-91
• University of Pennsylvania, May 1988: M.S.Ed. in Human Sexuality Education
• University of Massachusetts, December 1978: M.A.T. in Art Education
• University of Pennsylvania, May 1972: B.S. in Elementary Education (Magna Cum Laude)
• Additional Post Graduate Training Includes:
• Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy training program (Steven Shapiro, PhD), Malvern, PA, ongoing January 2008 - present
• Powerful Health: The Next Level of Mind-Body Practice (Sheryll Daniel, PhD), Albuquerque, NM, October 2006 (20 hours)
• Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (Susan Johnson, PhD), Ottawa Family Institute, September 2003 (40 hours)
• Milton Erickson Institute of Philadelphia, 1998-2000: 100-hour training in clinical hypnotherapy
• Linda Shrier Continuing Education, 2001, 20-hour course in clinical hypnotherapy

Professional Experience

• Private Practice (5/99 - present). Individual, couple, and family therapy as well as sex therapy. Hypnotherapy for mind-body healing
• Sexually Abusive Youth (S.A.Y.) Program of Delaware County (7/98-5/02): Individual and family therapist. Provide therapy to adolescents adjudicated for sex crimes and court-ordered to receive outpatient treatment
• Sexuality and Parenting Consultant for individuals with developmental disabilities, 1988 through 2005: social and sexual education and counseling for mentally retarded adults
• Philadelphia Department of Public Health, 9/86 through 6/89: AIDS Educator and Counselor; Information and Resource Specialist
• Temple University, Department of Health Education, 9/89-5/91: Instructor, Introduction to Human Sexuality and Family Life Education
• University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education, Spring 1985: Teaching Assistant, "Concepts in Human Sexuality."