Dr. Emily Hotz is a 2025 doctoral graduate of the Counselor Education and Supervision program at Southern Connecticut State University. She earned her M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of New Haven in 2022 and obtained her LPCA that same year. Emily currently works as a LPCA at Serenity Wellness Center, where she provides individual psychotherapy to adults, especially those in the LGBTQIA2S+ community. As a queer therapist herself, Emily brings a deep sense of empathy and understanding to her work. She specializes in grief and loss, trauma, and mood-related disorders such as depression and anxiety.

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In addition to her clinical work, Emily is an adjunct professor at both Southern Connecticut State University and the University of New Haven, where she teaches Master’s-level counseling students. She is a sex-positive and kink-affirming clinician who approaches her work through a humanistic lens—honoring each client’s unique worldview and encouraging authenticity both in and outside the therapy room.

Emily is committed to providing multiculturally competent care and actively works to understand and address issues related to systemic oppression, discrimination, and cultural identity in her clinical and academic work. Her dissertation research explored self-care practices within the counseling and counselor education professions, using decolonization and liberation frameworks to critically examine how self-care has been historically conceptualized and ‘packaged.”

Emily is the author of “Senior Sizzle: Embracing Intimacy in the Golden Years,” published in the ACSSW Newsletter.