Emily McEwan

Dear potential client, 

If you are here, you are considering whether I might be the right person for you to work with - what might you want to know about me?  

Perhaps the way I am trained, perhaps my qualifications, perhaps where I am based –  but I suspect more importantly, you have to get a sense of whether you can trust me, rely on me and really get on with me –  only then will you allow me the privilege of  really getting to know you.

For some of you, learning to trust can already feel like a real challenge. Being seen may be difficult and painful.  Especially if you haven’t experienced this in the past or if you have been let down before.  If relationships have been uncertain, unpredictable, unsafe. Or if they have left you questioning yourself and your worth. I understand that, and I will work with you gently and relationally – using what happens in the room as a mirror to your world outside the room and to help you understand those relational patterns and try to move forward.

I work using different modes of therapy – integrating different approaches and responding to what feels right for you. I am naturally more inclined to work using the past – and thinking about how this might have informed your present. Looking at what we might be holding unconsciously that can keep us stuck in repetitive patterns of behaviour and outdated self-beliefs.

I am trauma informed and work using psychoeducation to help you understand your experiences - not only by using talking therapy to make the unconscious conscious but also by looking at how our experiences might have shaped us biologically. This is especially important if you have a trauma related diagnosis but also if your emotions feel out of control and difficult to regulate.  Clients have found this approach helpful, and normalising of their experiences.

As for me, I have enjoyed working with a variety of clients from different walks of life. I have worked in prisons and in private practice. I work gently while holding you safely. I am serious without taking myself too seriously.  I am not easily shocked, I am open minded and grounded but with plenty of energy.   I won’t say too much about myself as the focus is always on the client but you might want a sense of who I am other than being a counsellor – I really enjoy my food, being in nature and have a love of music. I look forward to learning about and getting to know you.

I offer a free 20 minute phone consultation to see if we want to work together.

I can offer sessions online and via the telephone but if you would like to see me face to face, my counselling room is located at  Runfold Counselling, Badshot Farm, St Georges Road, Runfold, Farnham, GU9 9HR.

This is within easy reach of neighbouring towns Aldershot , Farnborough, Farnham, Guildford, Fleet and surrounding areas.

I am a member of the BACP which means I belong to a regulatory body for the counselling profession. They have verified my qualifications and I adhere to their ethical framework in my work with clients.

Alongside my counselling qualification I hold degrees in Law, a Masters in Management and further post graduate qualifications.