Be in wonder. Ready for a new story?
Wonder is the place that says: Yes, something different is possible. Schedule a ConsultYou show up for your kids, your work, your relationships. You do everything right — and still something feels off. You’re more reactive than you want to be. More disconnected than you expected. Not quite sure whose voice is running the show.
This is what it feels like when the story you’ve been living no longer fits. Maybe you’re asking who am I outside of what I do? Or is this really enough? Or simply — why do I keep reacting this way? These questions aren’t problems to fix. They’re invitations. They bring you face to face with the space between where you are and who you know you can be — as a person, and as a parent.
We were born in wonder: The healing capacity for curiosity, creativity, and connection that helps us live and grow in connection — with ourselves, with others, and with the world around us.
Somewhere along the way, this connection erodes. Sometimes gradually, through the small compromises we make to stay connected to the people we love. Sometimes abruptly, through loss or rupture or a moment that changes everything.
As parents we carry our own patterns of disconnection and coping into our relationships with our children. We do this outside of our awareness.
The good news is that disconnection is not permanent. Wonder is not lost. It’s waiting.
You don’t have to keep going through the motions.
Are you ready to reconnect?
“If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder … he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement, and mystery of the world we live in.”
– Rachel Carson
Wonder is delighting in something new.
When we are open to wonder, we are open to discovering and delighting in ourselves, others, and the world around us.
Wonder invites us to acknowledge that growth is possible and that, at any moment, we can reveal newly discovered treasures within us. It grounds us in the truth of the here and now.
Wonder is how we rewrite the stories we’ve been living — and begin to author new ones.
When we are young, we don’t experience perfect connections or relationships in life.
That’s OK. We don’t need perfection. What we need is realness.
Our imperfections lead to disconnection, which invites reconnection and repair. With reliability and consistency, over time, this leads to a sense of trust and safety in relationships.
It leads to joy, trust, awareness, and capacity for intimacy.
I’m Dr. Emily Keller, LPCC, RPT-S, RST C/T, TAP-I
I am a psychotherapist, author, and international speaker specializing in transactional analysis, redecision therapy, gestalt therapy, play therapy, and depth-oriented work with parents, children, and families.
I bring an international background, a deep spiritual foundation, and the resilience of a military spouse and mother of four to this work. I know what it means to hold a lot and show up regulated. I also know what it’s like to show up dysregulated. And try again.
I offer confidential psychotherapy in person in Livermore, CA and online throughout California, North Carolina, and Washington State.
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Individual therapy for high-achievers ready to write a new story.
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Individual and group play therapy & sandtray supervision for clinicians.
Play Therapy Training
Explore contact and non-contact play therapy continuing education.
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Topics I present on here and abroad: Play therapy, sandtray, TA, & gestalt.
