About Me
Therapy at BYC
At Beautifully You Counseling, I am committed to providing compassionate and effective support for individuals struggling with eating disorders, OCD, and all things motherhood. I offer a warm and non-judgmental environment to help my clients navigate their unique challenges and embark on a journey toward healing and self-discovery.
Core Values
This is what I am all about.
Autonomy
At Beautifully You Counseling, care is collaborative and my goal is to put the client’s autonomy over their body first. Treatment should not be conditional, and it should center your needs and experiences. I work with my clients and their treatment team to provide care that takes into account their own specific needs and experiences while putting the clients’ values and goals for their health first.
Harm-Reduction
I believe any change in the direction of your goals is worth celebrating, no matter how small. Rather than approaching care through an abstinence-based model, I look to make healthier, realistic changes over time that get you closer to your goal. I don’t believe in just healing symptoms, but teaching my clients about deeper influences such as generational trauma and systemic factors that may have influenced the development of their symptoms over time.
Size-Inclusive Care
I believe all bodies deserve treatment and support in the pursuit of health regardless of size, which includes mental health! Many experience trauma as a result of rejection and invalidation from the medical community due to body size. I provide inclusive treatment for all bodies using a Health at Every Size and trauma-informed approach and believe that compassionate, relational approaches are best.
Meet the Founder
Abby Emmert, MA LPC
Founder & Licensed Professional Counselor
Training & Expertise: CBT, ERP, I-CBT, and Maternal Mental Health through Postpartum Support International
I am a non-diet, Health At Every Size Eating Disorder and OCD specialist. My passion for this work comes from recovering from an eating disorder myself, living with OCD everyday, and becoming a mom to my sweet little boy. Having struggled with disordered eating and intrusive thoughts most of my life, I always passed off those experiences as normal. It took me a long time to believe that the way I was living didn’t need to be my future. My goal is to support my clients in finding the same freedom!
My goal is to give you a warm, gentle space to explore yourself and gain a better understanding of your “why”. From there, we can start to foster a confidence that allows you to find joy and healing so you can get back to feeling yourself again.
Fun Facts About Me:
I’m a reality TV lover
The way to my heart is a slice of pizza or ice cream sandwich
I have a Golden Retriever named Rosie who is my therapy pup
Techniques I Use
Three Approaches to Support Your Healing
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Instead of focusing on eliminating unwanted thoughts, ACT teaches you how to notice them without letting them dictate your actions. Skills help you to respond to uncertainty with greater flexibility, reduce the pull to compulsions, and reconnect with your values & what matters most to you.
Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)
Through gradual, supported exposure to feared thoughts, situations, or sensations, you'll learn to resist compulsions and see how anxiety naturally decreases over time. ERP helps break the OCD cycle, allowing you to build confidence, tolerate uncertainty, and reclaim your life from OCD.
Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT)
Instead of just managing anxiety, I-CBT explores how OCD pulls you away from the present moment and into imagined possibilities, doubts, and “what ifs.” You will be able to recognize the difference between reality and OCD’s stories, strengthening your trust in your own perception, and respond to uncertainty with greater confidence and clarity.