Doctorate Level Therapist / Senior Clinician | emily.jobe@3rdwavetherapy.com | 919-886-4052
My approach to therapy blends skills-based strategies with deeper emotional exploration so we can meet your unique needs from multiple directions. I often use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify thought patterns and core beliefs that may be fueling stress, anxiety, or unhelpful behaviors. Alongside CBT, I draw on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help you build mindfulness skills, strengthen relationships, regulate emotions, and handle difficult situations more effectively.
I also integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on helping clients accept what they cannot control, clarify their personal values, and take meaningful action toward living a more fulfilling life. ACT can be especially powerful for navigating anxiety, depression, and trauma, while encouraging flexibility and resilience.
For those who benefit from deeper emotional work, I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to explore attachment patterns and how past experiences impact relationships and self-understanding. This process often creates more connection – with yourself, with loved ones, and with your environment.
Because both past and present experiences matter, I create space to safely explore the emotions tied to them. For trauma recovery, I often use an integrative, trauma-informed lens that incorporates interventions from a number of treatments, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Interpersonal Processing Therapy (IPT), and Narrative Therapy, to support long-term healing and relief.
In addition to individual therapy, I provide couples counseling from an EFT framework. I particularly enjoy integrating attachment work and emotional processing with a focus on learning communication skills. I provide couples intensives to partners who want to work more quickly through unhelpful relationship dynamics.
Lastly, I provide clinical supervision to psychologists in need of supervision for licensure in the states of North Carolina and Kentucky. My supervision style follows the Integrative Developmental Model and is focused on building autonomy and developing clinical skills. I am open to supervising psychologists who primarily work with adults and who incorporate both a process-based and skills-based lens.
Above all, I believe therapy should be flexible and tailored to you. Whether you’re looking for support with trauma recovery, stress management, anxiety treatment, or relationship challenges, I work to create a safe, supportive space where genuine growth and healing can happen.
I provide therapy via telehealth and am part of PSYPACT, which allows me to work with clients in North Carolina as well as across more than 40 participating states in the U.S.
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Anxiety
Depression & Mood Disorders
Maternal Mental Health
PTSD, Trauma, & Abuse Recovery
Social Anxiety
Stress Management, Self-Growth, & Coping Tools
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Ph.D. and M.A. in Counseling Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.S. Clinical-Counseling Psychology, Radford University
B.S. in Psychology and Justice Studies with Concentration in Criminal Justice, James Madison University -
I received my B.A. in Psychology and Justice Studies from James Madison University in Virginia. I earned an M.S. in Clinical-Counseling Psychology at Radford University in Virginia and then an M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I was selected for a predoctoral internship at West Virginia University’s Carruth Center and then completed my postdoctoral training at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a specialization in supervision and training.
I have worked extensively in university counseling centers through my career, where I was trained to work as a generalist with a young adult population. In addition, I worked as a therapist at a center specializing in treating survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, sexual assault, and human trafficking. I have also had experience working in crisis stabilization units in a hospital environment. In addition to counseling work, I am passionate about training new mental health care workers and enjoy providing supervision.
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Blue Cross Blue Shield (excluding HMO plans)
Aetna (excluding Duke Select plans)
North Carolina State Health Plan
PSYPACT & Telehealth Availability
I am a licensed psychologist and a PSYPACT participant, which allows me to provide telehealth services to clients across more than 40 U.S. states. This includes clients located in North Carolina and Kentucky, as well as other participating PSYPACT states.
PSYPACT makes it possible for me to offer the same evidence-based, ethical, and clinically rigorous care across state lines through secure telehealth. If you are unsure whether your location is covered, our team can help confirm eligibility before scheduling.
