Emily Chen
Habit & Behavior Educator
“I break down why you fall into patterns — and how to take control.”
About
Emily Chen is Bettor Health's Habit & Behavior Educator. She holds a Master's degree in Health Education and Behavioral Science and spent five years at a university wellness center designing and delivering habit-change programs for people dealing with impulse control, compulsive spending, and overuse behaviors. Over that time, she facilitated more than a hundred group workshops and hundreds of individual sessions, building a ground-level understanding of why most change attempts fail and what the research shows actually works. Her training spans the Transtheoretical Model, habit-loop analysis, motivational interviewing, and the neuroscience of dopamine and reward. Her curriculum has been adopted by three university wellness programs and presented at regional health-education conferences. At Bettor Health, Emily's programs translate complex behavioral science into clear, practical steps — because understanding the why behind a habit is the most reliable path to changing it.
How They Got Here
Emily spent five years as a behavioral health educator at a university wellness center, where she designed and delivered habit-change programs for students struggling with impulse control, technology overuse, and compulsive spending. She has facilitated over a hundred group workshops and hundreds of individual sessions, developing a deep practical understanding of why behavior-change attempts fail and what makes them stick.
Training & Credentials
Emily holds a Master's degree in Health Education and Behavioral Science. She is trained in the Transtheoretical Model of behavior change, habit-loop analysis, and impulse-awareness techniques rooted in cognitive behavioral science. She has completed additional coursework in motivational interviewing and the neuroscience of dopamine and reward, and she stays current with peer-reviewed research on behavioral interventions.
Recognition & Impact
Emily's habit-change curriculum has been adopted by three university wellness programs. She has contributed to behavioral health resource libraries used by peer-counseling networks and has presented her habit-rewiring framework at regional health-education conferences. At Bettor Health, she is the lead educator for behavior-science and habit-formation programs.
Their Commitment
Emily grounds every lesson in published behavioral research and clearly communicates when a concept is well-established versus emerging. She does not overpromise results, always provides the reasoning behind each strategy she teaches, and directs participants to clinical support when behavioral patterns suggest a need beyond educational intervention.
Focus Areas
- Habit loops
- Behavior rewiring
- Impulse awareness
Teaching Style
Clear, simplified, insight-driven