About me
Hello and a warm welcome to my page.
For over 17 years, I have supported people through a variety of emotional and life challenges, helping them make sense of their experiences and work through the pain and difficulties they may be carrying.
Perhaps you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, struggling with difficult thoughts, or carrying emotional burdens that feel too heavy to manage alone. You may feel isolated, lonely, or as though no one truly sees the real you.
I offer a warm, safe, and supportive space where you can feel heard and understood. Together, we will work at a pace that feels right for you, exploring the challenges you are facing and finding ways to manage difficult emotions. We will also look at patterns in how you relate to yourself and others, helping you move towards living a more authentic and fulfilling life, one where you can thrive rather than simply survive.
My approach to counselling is informed by theories that explore our earliest relationships and the lasting impact they can have on our adult lives. By making connections between past experiences and current patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, we can begin to understand why certain difficulties keep arising.
Talking about our feelings can feel daunting. It can seem easier to avoid painful emotions through distractions or unhealthy coping strategies, hoping that, in time, they will simply disappear. However, avoiding these feelings often leaves people feeling lonely, confused, and disconnected from themselves.
I believe that unresolved emotional pain, whether rooted in past experiences, present circumstances, or a combination of both, can manifest in many ways, including stress, anxiety, and depression. It can also contribute to panic attacks, low self-esteem, shame, guilt, difficulties with intimacy, repeated unhealthy relationship patterns, and a loss of identity or sense of self.
Through our work together, you can expect to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, develop healthier coping strategies, and build greater emotional wellbeing. My aim is to support you in creating meaningful and positive change so that you can live a life that feels more balanced, authentic, and fulfilling.
I may offer mindfulness meditations, breathing techniques and self soothing exercises, which can help you to feel more centred in yourself.
I have worked at various organisations such as Mind, Suttons women centre, Place2be, The Mulberry centre and Notting Hill and Ealing High school. I have also lectured Counselling skills at a local college.
Testimonials that I have kindly received from former clients, published with permission. Names have been altered to protect clients confidentiality:
When I initially started counselling I was stuck in a dark place, life was full of sadness with a daily battle of anxiety. Emily was professional and skilled using various techniques in the sessions that felt personal to me and my journey. Emily is a kind, genuine person who makes you feel supported and at ease. Emily helped me truly transform my life, building my confidence, helping me to process the past, put in boundaries and learn to smile again. Emily is brilliant at what she does and I would highly reccomend her to anyone. It was the best decison I ever made. Believe you can be happy, just sometimes we need special people to help along the way.
Sarah
I was struggling to find a therapist who felt right for me but by the end of the first session I knew I would continue to work with Emily. It was so scary to start counselling but I was welcomed with a big smile and warmth, I knew I could really trust Emily and she was always so supportive and accommodating to my needs. She helped me rebuild my life when I felt there was no way forward and helped me develop into a strong, resilient and content young women.
Emily helped me to understand my patterns of negative thoughts and taught me techniques to break the cycle. Emily provided a safe, non-judgmental place for me to explore my thoughts, feelings and past experiences. I would highly recommend Emily to anyone who feels they need help and someone to turn to. Thank you for everything you have done for me Emily, you really have helped me to changed my life!
Louise.
I saw Emily for weekly therapy for nearly two years. It was a hugely meaningful and transformative experience that I would wholeheartedly recommend. Emily created a warm, safe, and supportive space where I felt very comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings, as well as exploring past trauma. Emily’s integrative approach enabled me to understand the root causes of my issues and learn new coping techniques to manage day-to-day struggles. In addition to creating a significant improvement in my mental health, therapy was also the catalyst for seeking out a new career path, and I am now training to become a psychotherapist. With Emily’s support I was able to process past trauma and alleviate present-day symptoms, which empowered me to start my training and draw on my own experiences to help on their own therapeutic journeys.
Demi.
I started seeing Emily after realising I was having problems with anger, childhood trauma and sexual intimacy. In a matter of months Emily and I had made so much progress namely preventing anger outbursts and finding new methods to control my emotions. We then worked on issues surrounding intimacy and rejection. This saved my relationship and has provided my girlfriend and I with the tools we needed to have a fulfilling sex life. Finally, Emily helped me reconnect with my sister and Dad who I felt were people in my life who were distant. I now spend quality time with both of them and am a lot more like the brother and son I want to be. I couldn’t recommend Emily enough, I am not exaggerating when I say therapy saved my relationship, strengthened the bonds I have with my family and helped me to become someone I am proud of.
Paul
Working with you has changed my life. You taught me to self soothe if I need to but also to allow myself to feel my feelings. I now have an understanding that not everyday is going to be a good day, but I feel the better days more. I realised that not everything is my fault and sometimes bad things just happen. I can handle that now, which I never could before. The work you do and the care you showed towards my journey, I could not ever thank you enough.
Trudy
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified Integrative counsellor, I studied at Richmond college and went on to further my counselling studies at Roehampton university where I studied for my Integrative counselling BSc. I am bound by the BACP ethical Framework.
I currently work in private practice working with adults and young people in the Teddington and Twickenham area. I have experience working at schools such as Notting Hill girls school and Belvue school, wiith children and adolescents, who have a range of different difficulties. I have also lectured counselling skills at a local college.
I also have experience working with charity run organisations offering counselling to adults with a range of difficulties such as anxiety, relationship issues, depression, bereavement and a wider range of difficulties . These include working for MIND, a women's centre and a local hospital support service.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
Additional information
My fee is £75 per 50 minute session. The first initial consultation will be charged at a lower fee of £50. I offer discounts for block bookings.
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Further information
Your enquiry is confidential, you do not need to be referred by a GP to make an appointment. When you attend the initial consultation, we will discuss your needs and expectations, and any relevant issues. This will allow us to determine together if Counselling is suitable for you.
There is no obligation to take the therapy further however, if you decide to proceed and feel that I am the right person for you, we can then organise a weekly regular day and time in which we could meet on an ongoing basis.
