Emilyann LeGrue, LPC

It’s been said that the two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. This work – counseling people like you – is my why. 

 

Even before I can remember, I have felt the call to help, comfort, and mourn with those in need. My mom tells of discovering me, at two years old, holding my big brother and crying with him after he fell off his bike. In school, I was a people-watcher, a friend to the misfits and outcasts, and that kid who everybody told their problems to. 

 

But it wasn’t until halfway through college that I found my calling. With a variety of interests, I had trouble choosing a major. I started out in biology and ended up taking a human development class from a Marriage and Family Therapist. One day, he told a touching story about his efforts to help one of his clients. Suddenly, I knew: This! This  is what I want to do! From there, I switched my major to Family Science and began a 13-year journey that culminated in opening Emilyann LeGrue Counseling, LLC in 2012.

 

I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area for graduate school. There, my training and experience included working with a variety of clients of all ages and backgrounds. I counseled troubled youth in residential treatment at the Bill Wilson Center, helped grieving children and families at the Centre for Living with Dying and Kara Grief Support, worked with teens in inner-city schools with the YWCA of Silicon Valley, and volunteered on a rape crisis hotline. I completed my internship hours just weeks before moving to Eugene, Oregon in 2009.

 

After moving to Oregon, I completed my California Marriage and Family Therapy exams and licensure, finished some additional requirements to become an Oregon Licensed Professional Counselor, and set up my private practice in downtown Eugene, where I have helped dozens of people work through challenges and improve their lives.

 

As your counselor, I will teach you tried-and-true principles and help shine light in dark corners. I bring all of my knowledge and years of experience to every session and personalize my approach to you and your needs.  My goal is to help you to expand your range of agency, solve problems, take action, and find joy.

 

Let’s begin this journey together.