Emily Pettengill, MA, LCPC, LMHC obtained a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the Boston College Lynch School of Education and Human Development.
As a graduate student she worked as a Supervisor for the Peer Career Coach Program at the BC Career Center and was a Job Readiness Program Volunteer at Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center. She was a Career Coach and TA for the ‘Designing Your Career’ Course and oversaw Envision, a day-long workshop for first year students seeking guidance around how to connect their current college lives with their futures. Her work as a coach with students and refugees empowered them to explore their identities, strengths, and possible career paths.
While at Boston College, Emily sought out opportunities that provided her additional education and training to fortify her Spanish language skills, with the goal of being able to provide bilingual mental health care in Boston. In 2019, Emily travelled to Huanchaco, Peru and trained with PASEO Salud Mental, and organization dedicated to to “increasing access to and quality of mental health care for the Latinx community in the United States as well as in low-resource communities in Latin America.” When she returned to Boston, she continued to work closely with Massachusetts Immigrants and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) and spent her Clinical Internship year with Familias Unidas Outpatient Clinic at Casa Esperanza in Roxbury, MA.
After graduating in 2021, Emily went on to work in community mental health as a Mental Health Clinician at Casa Esperanza. She has served as a therapist providing care for those struggling with substance use disorders (addiction and recovery), mental health disorders, career challenges, and difficult life transitions. Emily has worked closely with individuals and groups, providing therapy in both English and Spanish. She has offered groups in both languages such as: Relapse Prevention, Women’s Group, Men’s Group, Integrated Dual Diagnosis Treatment, and Structured Outpatient Addictions Program (SOAP - also known as Intensive Outpatient Program).
Emily opened her practice, Emily Hope Counseling in Fall 2023. She is licensed in Massachusetts and Maine, and began her practice as a solely online telehealth therapy practice. In March 2024, Emily began offering Walk & Talk therapy with clients in Portland and Windham, Maine. She is now primarily offering individual Walk & Talk therapy sessions as well as online sessions, and is expanding the services of her practice to include more therapeutic support groups and outdoor therapy opportunities. In May 2025 she opened in-person office space in North Windham, Maine. Her mission is to connect people with their community and their natural surroundings through gentle movement and narrative therapy practices.
