About Emma Donovan, MA, LPC, LCPC

Emma Donovan, MA, LPC, LCPC, is a transpersonal therapist, personal growth educator, handmade artist, and multi-potentialite living in St. Louis, MO. Her work has been featured in Bustle, Best Live Online, Hello Giggles, and Insight Timer's "staff picks." She has completed all 3 levels of Internal Family Systems training. She is a certified Applied Shamanic Counselor, a certified TRE provider, a 500-hour trained yoga teacher, and holds a certificate in Depth Hypnosis. When she's not being a professional psychology nerd, you can find her hiking around natural spaces in Missouri, biking through the local park, planning her next international adventure, or creating handmade pottery. Learn more about her projects below.


Alternative Therapy STL, LLC

Emma is the owner and founder of Alternative Therapy STL, where she offers a holistic, alternative, and transpersonal therapy approach. She helps millennials in MO and IL tap into their innate healing intelligence to discover the root of their problems and heal past wounds so they can feel more conscious, integrated, and whole. She is currently studying Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, and plants a tree for every session she does. Sign up for her newsletter on the ALTSTL website to stay in touch about therapy.

Personal Growth Education

Emma's side project, The Inner Work Hub, is a self-paced personal growth learning platform. The Inner Work Hub recognizes that personal growth is for everyone, not just people with clinical mental health needs. TIWH aims to make it accessible and affordable to people on a spiritual and personal growth journey. Emma is also a meditation teacher and course creator on the popular Insight Timer meditation app. Emma's meditations have touched more than 80,000 lives. Access her free course and free meditations in the links below.

Philosophias Handmade Bracelets

Emma's first foray into self-employment was her Etsy shop, Philosophias, which she founded in 2012. Philosophias sells handmade beaded leather and gemstone wrap bracelets. To date, Philosophias has sold more than 6,000 items. While her professional life has since taken her in different directions, Emma loves handmade craftsmanship so much that she still runs this business as a hobby 10+ years later! Her Etsy shop is linked below.