Episode Details

SUMMARY:

In this episode of TLC Connections, Alyssa Brouse sits down with Emily Gatto, LCSW, Senior Vice President of TLC Wellness, to discuss making specialized mental health care more accessible.

Emily shares how her behavioral health experience shaped TLC Wellness into an insurance-based practice designed to help clients access affordable, individualized treatment. They explore TLC Wellness’s lifespan approach, the importance of a diverse clinical team, and the value of matching clients with the right therapist and treatment approach.

The conversation also highlights experiential therapies like EMDR and sand tray therapy, which can help clients process experiences beyond what words alone can express. Emily reflects on her growth as a clinician, leader, and mother, and discusses the importance of connection, relationships, and repair over perfection.

Throughout the episode, Emily offers insight into TLC Wellness’s mission to combine accessibility, specialized expertise, and personalized care for individuals and families.

GUEST BIO:

Emily Gatto, LCSW, is Senior Vice President of TLC Wellness and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with experience across multiple levels of behavioral health care, including case management, primary care, intensive in-home family-based therapy, and outpatient mental health services.

Emily has led the development and growth of TLC Wellness, an insurance-based outpatient therapy practice serving children, adolescents, adults, couples, families, and older adults. She has focused on building a diverse clinical team with expertise across trauma, neurodivergence, couples and family therapy, eating disorders, and other specialized areas, while expanding access to quality mental health care.

As a clinician, Emily works particularly with first responders, emergency service professionals, and parents experiencing chronic stress, burnout, trauma, and the demands of caring for others. Her therapeutic approach emphasizes understanding patterns, building practical coping skills, strengthening relationships, and helping people feel more grounded and present in their lives.

Emily is also a mother of three and brings both her professional and personal experiences to her belief that meaningful change begins with connection, compassion, and meeting people where they are.

Emily's current Psychology Today profile specifically identifies first responders, emergency service professionals, and parents as populations she works with. TLC materials identify her as Senior Vice President of TLC Wellness.

HELPFUL LINKS:

• TLC Wellness — wellwithtlc.com
• Emily Gatto – Psychology Today — https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/emily-gatto-audubon-pa/1232235
• Emily Gatto – LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-gatto-lcsw-130a27269/
• The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth — thelincolncenter.com

SPONSOR:

The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth (TLC) is a social enterprise company based in the Greater Philadelphia Area. Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital, TLC is an entrepreneurial nonprofit providing innovative education, coaching, and counseling services to individuals and families, as well as grant writing and management services for school districts and universities.