About me:
Hello, I’m Emma. I chose this career because I was trying to find a sense of purpose, in a way that wasn’t being satisfied elsewhere in my life. Making meaning out of life feels important to me as it is to everyone. I see therapy as a path to knowing ourselves better and enjoying a more fulfilling life.
I have a diploma in Integrative Counselling from The Minster Centre, one of Europe’s oldest and leading integrative training institutions. I am a registered member of the British Council for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and abide by their code of ethics. I am also fully insured. I have worked with individuals on both short-term, long-term and open-ended basis. I have also worked at private and not-for-profit therapy services.
Integrative therapy incorporates a wide range of psychotherapeutic theories and techniques. By being non-prescriptive, it takes into account individual differences and circumstances.
My approach looks at how our past can inform and shape our experience of the present. Therapy with me may also explore areas such as how feeling is experienced in the body, on issues around identity and our place in the world, and on more existential themes around life, loss, crisis and death. For those who are more interested in the specifics of my approach, we can of course discuss it further in session; in short, I work relationally, incorporating both psychodynamic and humanistic thinking.
About you:
It’s good to talk, isn’t it? Sometimes it’s tough to talk to the people we know well and easier to talk to a professional.
I am open to working with a wide range of areas or issues that you might be experiencing. I have a particular interest in working with people who would not normally come for therapy, or for whom it’s their first time.
There are many reasons people come to therapy. These commonly include areas such as relationships, work problems, stress, anxiety, depression, sexual problems, gender, sex and relationship diversity (GSRD), men and masculinity, grief, life transitions, disability, chronic illness, loneliness and isolation, death anxiety, loss of direction, childhood issues, parenthood, abortion, miscarriage and infertility. But this isn’t a complete list, and the most important thing is that you feel able to safely discuss what is going on with you.
If you are interested in starting therapy, please get in touch and we can arrange an initial session. This will be charged at half my usual rate and is a chance for both of us to explore whether we might work well together.