Emily S. Teel, M.A., LMFT
Emily Teel, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist specializes in couples therapy, serving military populations, the NSW community, & treating sexual/intimacy issues. This past year, she opened her own Therapy Practice “Sage Therapy LLC” in Virginia Beach. She also serves as the Clinical Supervisor for the Pastoral Care Chaplains Department at Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Portsmouth since April 2019.
Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from University of Colorado at Boulder, a Master of Arts from Northcentral University, Flagstaff, AZ, and a Virginia State License in Marriage & Family Therapy. She received her certification in Clinical Trauma Treatment & PTSD in 2018. She completed her EMDR (Eye movement, desensitization, reprocessing therapy) certification in 2022. She is currently working on finishing her ASSECT certification to be a Sex Therapist.
Emily has been working at a private practice in Virginia Beach for the past five years. She specializes in working with couples, grief therapy, sex therapy, the military & NSW community. Before moving to the East Coast, Emily worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs at their outpatient treatment centers for Homeless veterans.
Emily developed an interested in studying Sex Therapy in 2019, when she noticed trends in clients struggling to make sense of the loss of intimacy in their relationships, decreased sex drive, & sexual trauma from their past, affecting their present. Since then, it has been her goal to bring light to these conversations, reduce shame, & offer hope.
C.S Lewis said, " You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." Emily shares this mindset for her practice when working with clients. She believes there is strength in forgiveness, that tomorrow can be better today, & relationships can be resilient.
To schedule an appointment with Emily or to learn more about her practice you can reach her at:
Work cell 619-537-6837
Work Instagram @E.Sage.Therapy