Emily E. Harrison, MA, LPC of Blue Note Psychotherapy

09/15/2025

Language matters.
Blue Note Psychotherapy

08/26/2025

08/26/2025

My colleagues and I at Blue Note Psychotherapy are honored to offer a virtual Grief and Loss Clinical Consultation Group every other Friday at 11am beginning September 12th. This is an undertaking very near and dear to our hearts, and one we hope to foster and grow in response to the particular clinical needs of the group participants. Whether you identify as a longtime grief specialist, a grief dabbler, a grief newbie, or just grief curious - all are welcome!

Beyond the prototypical grief experiences defined by death loss and bereavement, we will expand into the areas of ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief, complex grief and loss, attachment loss, traumatic loss, collective loss, secondary loss, climate grief, and more as we unpack the many forms loss takes and offer immediately applicable means of attending to grieving clients in the here-and-now.

When it comes to clinical grief education, we know that there is little to no standardization in our field and a tremendous lack of grief literacy, and thus compassionate spaces for gaining the knowledge and skills to support the ever-growing presence of loss in our clients’ lives as well as our own.

Our grief consultation group will be attentively facilitated by Emily E. Harrison, LPC, CGCS, Erin Spalding, LCSW-S, and Katie Mozier, NCC, LPC-A, supervised by Brittany Whallen, LPC-S.

Erin teaches grief and loss at the UT graduate school of social work and was clinical and program director at The Christi Center for 17 years, in addition to founding The Central Texas Grief Consortium. We are all members of the Association of Death Education and Counseling, have trained with the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, and received foundational clinical grief exposure through our collective time with Hopsice Austin, the Austin Center for Grief and Loss, and The Christi Center, in addition to our mentors, supervisors, and grief therapists who imparted invaluable knowledge of grief processes.

Please reach out with any questions or to discuss more about the scope of our consultation group. Additional information can be found on our website as well. And do not hesitate to inquire about sliding scale rates as our initiative is one of accessibility to all clinicians.

03/20/2025

Amazing camp run by amazing people!

Hospice Austin is now accepting applications for Camp Brave Heart, a free bereavement camp for children and teens who have lost a loved one.Subscribe to our ...

02/12/2025

Sharing a wonderful clinical opportunity to work directly with my mentor, Dr. Katy Swafford, and our Eidetic colleagues through the process of imagery and imagination, and applied systems theory. The work is both profound and extensive while remaining elegantly simple and accessible to everyone. Dr. Swafford’s unique knowledge and reworking of Eidetic principles is integral to my work as a trauma psychotherapist and grief + loss specialist. Since my first Tiger image 8 years ago, the work still remains the most personally transformational of any modality in my own healing process. So yes, 5 out of 5 stars; highly recommend! 🐅 Eidetic Institute

Join our Tiger Yoga workshop, a unique asynchronous, 6-week program exploring Eidetic Imaging through vivid exercises like The Tiger Exercise, The Golden Tiger, The Tiger in Shangri-La, and more! Using an “image-go-round” format, you’ll experience imagery, reflect through writing, and engage in shared co-consciousness. Facilitators provide personalized responses, deepening mind-body-emotional awareness.

Facilitators:
🔵 Dr. Katy Swafford – Founder of the Eidetic Institute, expert in experiential and family therapy. Author of Eidetic Systems Therapy: How to Use Somatic Imaging for Effective Treatment

🔵 Darius Hawk Sayers, MA, LPC-Associate– Veteran & therapist integrating Eidetic Imaging to support trauma recovery for service members and first responders. (Supervised by Bill McHenry, PhD, LPC-S)

🔵 Natalie Collazo, LPC-Associate– Therapist with a focus on grief and loss, founder of Archway Healing, and co-chair at the Eidetic Institute. (Supervised by Katelyn Williams, LPC-S)

🔹 Earn CEUs🔹Flexible, Self-Paced Learning🔹 Experiential & Interactive

📩 Contact us: contactus@eideticinstitute.com
Register: https://www.eideticinstitute.com/workshops

We look forward to welcoming you!

01/01/2025

Sending warm wishes to all at the start of 2025!
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An offering from Blue Note Psychotherapy to consider as you transition into the new year.

As the new year approaches, we welcome the invitation to look back at this past year to take stock of battles fought, lessons learned, and goals achieved and/or in progress. We reflect on what we want to jettison from our day-to-day lives and what we would like to carry with us into the new year. Th

12/21/2024

A reminder to be gentle with yourself during the hustle and bustle of the holidays….. 🫶🏻
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Gratefully borrowed from Self-Compassion by Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
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Blue Note Psychotherapy

The holiday season can be a time of joy, connection, and also stress. These self-compassion phrases are gentle reminders to nurture yourself during this busy time. Save this post to use whenever you need a moment to pause and reconnect with kindness. 💛

Which phrase speaks to you most? Share in the comments!

12/18/2024

Excellent program on the all-too-common phenomenon of cancer-related ghosting. 👻 Ghosting occurs outside of cancer of course, but there is a particular level of relational trauma and additional experiences of loss when ghosting stems from medical diagnoses. Appreciate the attention given to the long-arch of survivorship and the changing social contexts of patients moving from an acute diagnosis to a chronic condition.
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“Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.”
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Blue Note Psychotherapy

Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the disease.

12/18/2024

“In our grief, we have so many questions. This is normal and valid, and yet sometimes we are told to shy away from the numerous questions around loss that plague us. This book is a wonderfully normalizing exploration of the countless questions and uncertainties we encounter when grieving. I love the format of the book, as it asks the question and follows it up with some explanations and responses, but then also provides great exercises and ideas that correspond with each question (so readers can figure out and or discuss the answers that work best for them).
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NOTE: The book is written by a psychotherapist who specializes in grief, and mixes clinical insight, lived experience and relevant research.”
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Resource borrowed from Association for Death Education and Counseling

: Can Anyone Tell Me ~ Essential Questions about Grief by Meghan Riordan Jarvis
Recommended by ADEC volunteer & FT Kailey Bradley

In our grief, we have so many questions. This is normal and valid, and yet sometimes we are told to shy away from the numerous questions around loss that plague us. This book is a wonderfully normalizing exploration of the countless questions and uncertainties we encounter when grieving. I love the format of the book, as it asks the question and follows it up with some explanations and responses, but then also provides great exercises and ideas that correspond with each question (so readers can figure out and or discuss the answers that work best for them).
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NOTE: The book is written by a psychotherapist who specializes in grief, and mixes clinical insight, lived experience and relevant research.

12/07/2024

New blog alert: Myths of Grief
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Blue Note Psychotherapy

The Gilded Age of American history (circa 1870-1900) was a time of industrial advancement, marked by a focus on wealth and class dynamics. In this time period, social status and expectations were paramount. Rules around etiquette, appropriateness, and tradition were passed though families, exemplify

12/03/2024

“12 Things to Say to a Grieving Friend Instead of Happy Holidays”
Blue Note Psychotherapy
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Gratefully borrowed from the Association for Death Education and Counseling

Merry from all of us at Help Texts. 🎄 Join us for the next 12 days as we share practical, easy tips for supporting a grieving friend during the holidays. First up, some alternatives to "Happy Holidays!" because we know for many, the holidays aren't so happy.

11/26/2024

Holidays can get pretty grief-y pretty fast. Having the right word to put with our grief experience(s) can go a long way towards processing and healing. Part 1 of 2 on identifying types of grief, brought to you by the clinicians at Blue Note Psychotherapy.
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Hope this grief inventory resonates. And wherever you find yourself this season, remember to be gentle with yourself.

Identifying Types of Loss and Grief: Part One Nov 18 Written By Emily Harrison If you are someone who knows grief, you recognize what a bewildering, disorienting and isolating experience it can be. The surrealism of life after loss may not last forever, but the foggy confusion of complicated feeling...