Fort Worth

Working with me, I’d hope you’d expect a warm and inviting environment to share your hard truths. I know therapy can be a stressful environment, especially for new clients, and my goal is to make this a safe space for anyone who comes in. I will strive to understand each situation holistically and draw on my education to recognize just how complex people, relationships, and families are, in order to meet you where you’re at in your process. Through our time together, I hope you feel like the space I created for you left you feeling empowered, valued, and heard.

I am motivated by the belief that there needs to be empathetic and passionate professionals in the field of therapy. I’ve always felt a pull towards understanding and connecting with everyone I come across. Relationships in every dynamic are an important part of everyone’s life, and I draw on my positive family experience as a guiding light to be an impactful partner through your process. I am eager to build on my clinical skills, expand my experience, and support couples’ journeys for meaningful growth and healing.

Julia Krantz is a Master’s in Social Work intern supervised by Emily Clark. She is currently working on her MSW at the University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on children and families. Prior to this, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Neuroscience from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. After earning her bachelor’s degree, Julia spent four months in Cape Town, South Africa, working with children and families from underserved communities, where she fell in love with the field of Social Work. This experience taught her the value of connection, psychosocial education, and strengthening family bonds. Julia has had ample education in intimate partner violence, children and family counseling, human behavior, and diverse populations. She’s worked in high school settings with young adults ages 14-17 as her first graduate-level internship. Her strengths are in Solution Focused Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy, and she is newly trained on Gottman Level 1.

I believe that therapy can be beneficial and transformational for anyone. We seek connections with others, we experience changes in our lives, and we deal with unusual circumstances that can overwhelm us. Therapy helps us identify patterns and find strategies to change them or create new ways of being and relating to others to help us achieve our goals. I see my role as a therapist as collaborative and nonjudgmental. I strive to maintain a warm, culturally sensitive environment that still challenges you to explore and make necessary changes that we identify together.

I practice mainly from a cognitive, humanistic, and interpersonal perspective and integrate evidence-based practices to meet the individual needs and goals of each client.  This means that I believe how we think about our emotions or situations determines the choices we make.  I believe that the goal of the therapeutic relationship with my clients is to help you achieve lasting change. We will work together to create a plan based on your unique and specific needs.

Emily Clark, LCSW-S has been a licensed clinical social worker (#59823) since 2014 and an LCSW supervisor since 2022. She has trained and worked in a variety of settings including residential facilities, higher education, inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and private practice. She graduated with a master’s degree in social work from the University of Texas at Arlington. She also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of North Texas, and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Baylor University. She now has the prestigious designation of LCSW-Supervisor as well, eligible to supervise provisionally licensed social workers seeking full licensure.

Emily’s specialties include treatment of active duty and veteran populations and their families, first responders and their families, individuals and couples counseling in PTSD and trauma, relationship issues, caregiver stress, women’s issues, and sexual health. Ms. Clark is also a member of the South Texas Research Organizational Network Guiding Studies on Trauma and Resilience (STRONG STAR), a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional research group to develop and evaluate effective interventions for combat-related posttraumatic stress. Emily is Prepare Enrich certified, which is the most widely researched and utilized premarital program. Emily has also earned the Intensive Trauma Treament certification as well as the Integrative Sex and Couples Therapy certification.

Dr. Paul Stanford, Founder & CEO, says:

With over a decade of clinical experience and a sharp intellect, Emily brings a wealth of knowledge and grit to the therapeutic process. She is a delight.

I believe that therapy is most successful when there is a safe space for clients to come exactly as they are. The therapy room should be the place for individuals and couples to authentically show up, no matter their struggle, knowing that I will meet them with support, encouragement, and healing. My goal is to join with my clients to find their unique path towards healing and growth. Whether it is conflict, grief, anxiety, disappointment, relationship issues, life transitions, or processing the past, no one should have to walk through their struggles alone.

In all my work, I am passionate about creating a welcoming space that fosters compassion, authenticity, openness—and hopefully joy. I am passionate about delivering a meaningful experience for my clients and seek to provide them with moments of discovery about themselves and their partners.

In my practice, I use a variety of counseling techniques. With individuals, I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help them navigate life’s challenges with acceptance rather than avoidance. In my work with couples and relationships, I use the Developmental Model, which focuses on how relationships evolve and how partners can work to grow together to foster connection and relationship satisfaction. I am certified in Prepare/Enrich, which is one of the most widely respected premarital programs. I am also certified in the Enneagram testing and analysis, which is a way to understand different personality types.

Allie Brookman is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Associate (TX #9901), supervised by Ginny Manley. She has her Master’s of Science degree in Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy from Southern Methodist University. Allie strives to learn and experience life in a way that supports her work with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Before her time at SMU, Allie attended the University of Oklahoma and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in business, with a focus on non-profit organizations. After graduating, she worked with women who had experienced sexual exploitation. This experience taught her about the power of connected relationships and that it is important not to walk through healing alone, ultimately leading to her choosing counseling as a profession.