DRG Counseling

    Individual and Family Counseling Services

Emery Hanson  LCSWA
​Children, Adolescents & Adults

Hi, I’m Emery Hanson.

I recently graduated from NC State University with a Masters in Social Work. I also graduated from the University of North Florida in 2020 Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Psychology.

I believe in creating a nonjudgmental space where I accept clients where they are and provide space for them to express themselves. I am particularly interested in art therapy and play therapy. Both modalities can allow clients to express themselves authentically, relax, and enjoy themselves simultaneously. I also have personally witnessed people using art to express themselves emotionally when they struggled to do so verbally. Other modalities that I work with include mindfulness and DBT.

My past experiences working as a counselor intern, at a family shelter, at Head Start, and as a sleepaway camp counselor have given me experience with a variety of clients and situations. I also have worked at Orange County Rape Crisis Center where I taught “Safe Touch,” a sexual abuse prevention program, to local elementary schools.

My experience with children has led me to want to work with them clinically; however, I am also open to working with teenagers and young adults. Healing can be a very challenging process. I would love to provide support to you or your child by providing a safe space to process emotions or by incorporating art into the therapeutic process.​

Areas of Expertise:​

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• Play Therapy
• Art Therapy​
  
• DBT
• Self-Esteem
  
• Anxiety 
  
• Behavioral Issues
  
• ​ADHD
  
• Working with Children 
• ​Emotional Development