About me
Hi, I’m Emily.
I’m a qualified Integrative Therapist, registered with the BACP and I currently work within the NHS as a High Intensity Psychological Therapist.
I know choosing a therapist can feel daunting, especially when you’re thinking about opening up to someone you’ve never met before. Hopefully this profile will give you a little idea of who I am and what it might be like to work with me.
As an Integrative Therapist, I use different therapeutic approaches rather than believing that one type of therapy works for everyone. We are all different, so the way I work with you will depend on what you’re going through, what is important to you and what you would like help with.
I have particular experience and a strong professional interest in trauma and PTSD.
If you’ve experienced one traumatic event, or perhaps lots of difficult experiences over the years, we can work through these together at a pace you feel comfortable with. Trauma therapy doesn’t mean you have to sit and simply relive everything that has happened to you. We can look at how your experiences may still be affecting you now and work on processing difficult memories and emotions so that they have less of an impact on your everyday life.
Throughout my career I’ve worked with people experiencing many different mental health and emotional difficulties. This has included complex experiences such as psychosis and significant trauma, as well as anxiety, low mood, relationship difficulties and times in life when things simply feel overwhelming or you feel stuck.
My approach is warm, genuine and non-judgemental. At the heart of my work is a genuine passion for helping people and I feel privileged that people trust me to support them through some really difficult times.
I believe the things we experience in life can affect how we feel about ourselves, our relationships and how we cope when things become difficult. Sometimes just understanding why we feel or react in a certain way can make a real difference. Therapy gives us the opportunity to explore this together and look at what might help you.
I want our sessions to be somewhere you feel able to talk openly and feel listened to without worrying about being judged. We can talk, but I can also give you practical tools and strategies to try outside of our sessions if these would be helpful to you.
Most importantly, I want you to feel comfortable being yourself with me. You don’t need to know exactly what to say or even where to start.
Reaching out for counselling can sometimes be the hardest bit. If you’re not sure where to begin, that’s absolutely ok. We can work that out together.
I’m very happy to answer any questions you may have before deciding whether you would like to book a session.
I currently offer counselling to adults via video or telephone.
Training, qualifications & experience
Before becoming a therapist, I worked within the NHS for around 10 years as a nurse. I then began the training process to become a paramedic, but during this time I realised that the direction I really wanted to take was within mental health and therapy.
Like many people, I’ve also experienced my own difficult times and challenges in life. Because of this, I can genuinely empathise with how daunting and sometimes even terrifying, it can feel to reach out for support and open up to someone you don’t know. I feel these experiences have helped shape the therapist I am today and are part of why it is so important to me that people feel comfortable, understood and never judged.
Since qualifying as a therapist, I’ve worked across a number of different areas of mental health. I initially worked within drug and alcohol services before moving into the homelessness sector, where I worked closely with people who had experienced significant trauma and difficult life circumstances. I then moved into more specialist trauma work and now work within the NHS as a High Intensity Psychological Therapist.
Working across these different areas has given me experience of supporting people from many different backgrounds and at very different points in their lives. It has also strengthened my particular interest in trauma and PTSD and the impact our experiences can continue to have on us long after they have happened.
Alongside my NHS role, I continue to develop my knowledge and skills through ongoing professional training and my private counselling work
Member organisations
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
£60.00 per session
Additional information
£60 per 60 minute session.
When I work
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I am unavailable Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays due to my other professional commitments. I offer flexible availability throughout the rest of the week, including some evening appointments.
