Emma Drake
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About me
I’m Emma, a fully qualified British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapist (BACP) registered counsellor, offering face-to-face counselling in central York or, if preferred, online therapy. I understand from personal experience therapy can be a daunting prospect, it can take a lot of courage to ask for support. I am professional but down-to-earth and offer a safe and accepting environment which feels safe for you to share your difficult thoughts and feelings.
I offer a free 20- 30 minute initial assessment meeting, whereby I can answer any questions or concerns you may have and you can decide if you feel I’m the right counsellor for you.
Counselling with me
I’m a Humanistic Integrative counsellor, which means I believe you hold the answers and inner resources to ease your distress; my role is to work collaboratively with you to facilitate understanding of your difficulties and help you implement changes so you can move forward with your life. I treat all clients as individuals with differing needs; I may, when appropriate, draw from other therapeutic approaches, such as Solution Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).
Painful situations often have their roots in the past and I hope to assist you to uncover hidden links and understand your own patterns and responses to your experiences. I respect it is not easy to be able to talk about inner fears and anxieties; therefore, I place emphasis on developing a trusting and empathic relationship to help you to explore uncomfortable thoughts and emotions.
You will find counselling with me is a shared endeavour; I will work alongside you, at your pace to give you the time you need to feel fully heard and understood. I am always supportive but will challenge you when appropriate and I can hold and tolerate your distress. I truly want to help you to be able to deal with your concerns and move to living a fulfilling life.
Alongside counselling in private practice, I am the Counselling Manager for York Women’s Counselling Service. I also work for North Yorkshire Police’s Supporting Victims Team which provides me with a solid understanding of the criminal justice system and what it feels like to be a victim of crime. Additionally, the difficulties faced by Police Officers, Social Workers and others involved with supporting victims and offenders.
Training, qualifications & experience
Professional Qualification
- BA (Hons) Counselling, Coaching & Mentoring – First Class
- Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling – Merit
Continuing Professional Development
- Foundations in Telephone and On-line Counselling
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Accreditation – Level 1, DBT Essentials.
- Complex Trauma Work During the 1st Phase of Recovery
- Complex Trauma Work Stage 2 Working with Dreams and Nightmares
- Working with Shame
- Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing
- Working with Trauma in a Time of Trauma
- Trauma & Secondary Trauma: Caring for Yourself and Others
- The Psychology of Sexual Violence
- Developing and Supporting the Boundaries You Need
- Workplace Wellbeing: Stress and Productivity at Work.
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)
- Conversations that matter – Spirituality and Mental Health – Old Friends or New Partners?
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
£55.00 per session
Free initial in-person session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£55 per session - Concessionary rate of £50 for students and trainee counsellors/psychotherapists
