Emily Chong(She/Her/Hers)

Emily Chong AMFT is a psychotherapist registered in California. She specializes in marriage and family counseling for all couples who want to strengthen their relationships. Her practice is inclusive and welcomes couples from all backgrounds. Additionally, Emily works with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds, including those who identify as first or second-generation immigrants, Third Culture Kids, or people from multicultural backgrounds.

Emily holds a Master’s degree in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. She trained extensively as a relational and psychodynamic therapist at the Golden Gate Integral Counseling Center. Additionally, Emily completed somatic training with the Hakomi Institute and the Couples Center in Berkeley. Emily is trained in the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique and integrates a mindfulness based approach to therapy.

Emily’s work is trauma informed and liberation based. She integrates Western psychological theory and evidence-based methods with Eastern philosophy and mindfulness practices.

Her therapeutic style is warm, compassionate, intuitive, collaborative and active. She is known to challenge her clients, highlight where they’re stuck, and to be a champion for their transformation.