About me
Emma Dashwood, UKCP and BACP Accredited Psychotherapist | Individuals & Couples | Jericho, North Oxford.
Hello, I'm Emma. I've been a psychotherapist for over 20 years, working with individuals and couples. I began in the NHS, including four years in an adult mental health team at the Warneford Hospital, and now work in private practice in Oxford.
If you're living with anxiety, depression, or difficulties in your relationship, it can feel as though there's no way through. Together we'll work out where your distress comes from and how to relate to it differently, so it no longer controls your life.
I work in an integrative way, grounded in Psychodynamic, Transpersonal, and Existential training, and we move at a pace that feels right for you. Therapy isn't about being fixed, it’s about living a life without mental and emotional suffering. It's about discovering who you really are, so you can build a life you love.
If you'd like to talk, please get in touch to arrange an initial conversation.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Diploma in Transpersonal Therapy
- Master of Arts in Transpersonal Psychology
- Supervision certificate
- Institute of Group Analysis
- Tavistock Relationships
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.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
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.
