About Emily

Developed by an Educator for Educators

Hi! I’m Emily Read Daniels, M.Ed., MBA, NCC, SEP™ in training. I am the author of The Regulated Classroom©, a framework that enables educators to cultivate conditions for felt safety in the classroom. I developed this framework after spending years as a school counselor working with dysregulated students and staff.

In 2017, I founded HERE this NOW, a trauma-responsive schools consultancy and educator resource. HERE this NOW began as a way for me to bring basic trauma-informed information to schools and educators. It became clear to me that most educators were embracing the professional development I was providing, and they were wanting more. Educators in the audience were constantly asking me, “Now what do we do with this information?”

It was apparent that educators needed tools and practical strategies to help them apply what they had learned in my workshops. However, I firmly believe that those things alone are not enough.

I needed to design a completely new framework that would blend sensory tools and practices with educator self-awareness— The Regulated Classroom©.

Felt Safety is a Requisite Condition for Social-Emotional Development

"My first explicit experiences of felt safety were as a young teenager at camp.

I relished the camaraderie of bunkhouse life and the skits, songs, and dancing that was embedded in the daily structure of camp.

At camp, we were always being silly— laughing, playing, joking, running, swimming, rock climbing, hiking, etc. It profoundly shaped my sense of self as capable and relational; it was joyful belonging.

As I began my career as a school counselor, I brought those camp
experiences to the classroom in the form of adventure-based counseling.

Through movement, play, and physical challenges, I witnessed the transformative power of those experiences for large groups of students.

I was so inspired by those early results that I continued with training in more embodied ways of being (i.e. Reiki, mindfulness-based stress
reduction, Somatic-Experiencing™, etc.) which informed the development of The Regulated Classroom©."

- Emily Read Daniels, Author and Creator of The Regulated Classroom©

“Emily has combined her history as a school counselor, intimate knowledge of our education system, as well as her understanding of the body, nervous system, and Polyvagal Theory to develop training for schools.”

Robyn Gobbel, LCSW - Best Selling Author of Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors & Trauma Specialist

Self-Proclaimed "Trauma Nerd"

Emily has a B.A. in Sociology and Women Studies and a Master’s of Education in School Counseling from the University of Delaware. She also holds a MBA in Organizational and Environmental Sustainability from Antioch University New England.

She is a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) through the NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors) and continually refines her understanding of the applied science of trauma.

She has completed more than 120 hours of training in Somatic Experiencing.™ She has trained in SMART (Sensory-Motor Arousal Therapy) as well as trauma-informed sensory modulation with Dr. Tina Champagne. She’s participated in small group consultation with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk and completed an introductory class in NMT™ (Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics). She’s a Reiki practitioner and completed a certificate in the Penn Program for Mindfulness.

She relishes opportunities for nerding out – refining her skills, broadening her knowledge, and improving her effectiveness as a trainer, consultant, facilitator, and leader.