About Emma Prinzi-Kemp
BPsych (Hons) | MProfPsych | AHPRA registered
Having provided psychological support to a diverse range of individuals over the last decade, I came to realise that my passion lies in working with women, which led me to build a service around the unique issues and experiences women often encounter across their lives.
Along the way, I kept noticing the same pattern in different guises: women who looked entirely capable on the outside, reliable, accommodating, easy to be around, while quietly carrying a lot of anxiety about being "enough" in their closest relationships. I found profound fulfillment in supporting women recognise relationship anxiety, understand where it came from, and build a felt sense of security that doesn't depend on constant vigilance or perfectionism.
Having my own lived experience of relationship anxiety has contributed to my passion to help other women learn how joyful relationships can feel. The amount of energy and time that is regained to put into other life endeavours can be truly profound.
About Emma Prinzi-Kemp
BPsych (Hons) | MProfPsych | AHPRA registered
Having provided psychological support to a diverse range of individuals over the last decade, I came to realise that my passion lies in working with women, which led me to build a service around the unique issues and experiences women often encounter across their lives.
Along the way, I kept noticing the same pattern in different guises: women who looked entirely capable on the outside, reliable, accommodating, easy to be around, while quietly carrying a lot of anxiety about being "enough" in their closest relationships. I found profound fulfillment in supporting women recognise relationship anxiety, understand where it came from, and build a felt sense of security that doesn't depend on constant vigilance or perfectionism.
Having my own lived experience of anxious attachment has contributed to my passion to help other women learn how joyful relationships can feel. The amount of energy and time that is regained to put into other life endeavours can be truly profound.
My approach
My clinical work centres on attachment-focused therapy, and I draw primarily on Schema Therapy, an approach that identifies the specific patterns that formed in response to early relational experiences, and works directly with them, rather than just managing the anxiety on the surface. This often means understanding where a pattern first took hold, and building a stronger, calmer part of yourself that can respond differently in the moment, through techniques like imagery work, chair work, and a therapeutic relationship that offers some of the steady, attuned experience the pattern may have been missing.
I also draw on other evidence-based approaches where they're useful for a particular pattern, the work is tailored to what's actually going on for you, not a fixed protocol applied the same way to everyone.
My approach
My clinical work centres on attachment-focused therapy, and I draw primarily on Schema Therapy, an approach that identifies the specific patterns that formed in response to early relational experiences, and works directly with them, rather than just managing the anxiety on the surface. This often means understanding where a pattern first took hold, and building a stronger, calmer part of yourself that can respond differently in the moment, through techniques like imagery work, chair work, and a therapeutic relationship that offers some of the steady, attuned experience the pattern may have been missing.
I also draw on other evidence-based approaches where they're useful for a particular pattern, the work is tailored to what's actually going on for you, not a fixed protocol applied the same way to everyone.
Who I work with
I work with adult women and female identifying individuals whose relationship anxiety shows up through perfectionism and people-pleasing. Many of the women I work with have already tried approaches like CBT and found them helpful to a point, but were left looking for something that goes deeper than managing thoughts and behaviours, work that gets to the pattern underneath.
Who I work with
I work with adult women whose anxious attachment shows up through perfectionism and people-pleasing, the "easy," low-maintenance, endlessly accommodating version of anxiety that often goes unrecognised, even by the people carrying it. Many of the women I work with have already tried approaches like CBT and found them helpful to a point, but were left looking for something that goes deeper than managing thoughts and behaviours, work that gets to the pattern underneath.
To ensure I provide each woman with the best quality care possible, I prefer to work with a smaller case load of clients. This I believe, facilitates a stronger level of presence and attunement which is at the core of my work and my philosophy in healing. As a result of this, my availability can often be limited.
What does Adsum mean?
Adsum is a latin word meaning “I am here" or "I am present". In a world where we are endlessly inundated by distractions, being present with ourselves and one another has never been more important.