Emma’s Favorite Quotes:

  • “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.”

    - Gwendolyn Brooks 

  • “Maybe the journey home to yourself is just as important as being there.”

    - Dani Leah Strauss

Emma Gray Mankin

LCSW-A

(she/her)

ACCEPTS AETNA and BCBS

Virtual and In-person (DURHAM Office)

Hello! My name is Emma Gray Mankin, and I am a therapist here at Nourish Carolina Counseling in Durham. Everyone deserves a soft place to land and that is exactly what I strive to provide in my practice. I am committed to offering a warm, non-judgmental space where your authentic self can breathe.

I earned my Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania and am currently licensed as an LCSWA in North Carolina (#P018611). My conviction that we truly are “each other’s harvest” is what has grounded my decade of work in the field. This sacred work has spanned from social-care farming, to legal advocacy, to education, to medical case management, all with a through line of integrating individual and systemic healing.

I believe that the therapeutic relationship should be a creative and collaborative experience, one that empowers you to explore your delicate inner ecology from a place of agency & hope. My clients and I are a team. I embrace an integrated approach that blends Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Narrative Therapy, all grounded in a somatic context. In weaving together these various modalities, my hope it that we are able to guide you towards a sense of internal safety.

We would work well together if:

  • You value a compassionate stance, but also want to be challenged.

  • You desire to build more self-trust.

  • You know life could feel different, but aren’t sure how to get there.

  • You appreciate humor as a tool for understanding and perspective.

Some folks I often work with:

  • Women navigating mid-life transitions

  • People living with PMS/PMDD

  • Individuals recovering from betrayal trauma

  • Those experiencing ambiguous grief & loss

  • People curious about their desires and attraction

I am queer, anti-racist, and committed to disability equity. By clicking “Schedule Now” above and filling out the interest form, we can set up a free 15 minute phone call to see if we’d be a good fit in working together.