Emmily Lai (she/her/hers) is an art therapist and registered psychotherapist (qualifying), who holds a Masters Degree in Creative Arts Therapies from Concordia University. For Emmily, art therapy is a type of psychotherapy that uses art materials and the art making process to help people express their emotions, thoughts, and feelings when words are not enough. She believes using art in therapy can help people understand and connect with themselves, their world and to others.
Emmily is an educator, researcher, community leader, artist and art therapist who is passionate about supporting communities and people through their life experiences, intersectional identities and abilities to develop confidence, personal growth and well-being through art-making. She takes a humanistic, person-centered approach to understand her clients. She welcomes all of my clients into a safe, creative space that is culturally sensitive and inclusive.
Emmily works with children, youth, teens and young adults. Her areas of experience include:Confidence, Self-esteem, Anxiety, Depression, Neurodiversity: Developmental, Intellectual and other Disabilities, ADHD, ASD, Anger, Aggression, Emotional Dysregulation, Grief and Loss
