About me
Hello, I'm Emma, a warm and collaborative psychotherapist, bereavement counsellor and founder of Counselling for Creatives. I am an ally to anyone who feels unseen and unheard. I want you to know that your voice and your intersectionality matters.
Are you stuck? Lost? Scared? Frustrated? Misunderstood? Never good enough? There is anger but if you're honest, it's a deep sadness that you can almost feel like a weight in your chest. You're not alone. Together we can start to understand, find compassion and work towards lasting change from your authentic place, whatever that may be.
I work mainly (but not exclusively) with creative people but I am here for anyone who wants to understand themselves deeply, to work towards leading a fulfilling, meaningful life. My purpose is to provide you with your own space to explore the specific challenges of your life less ordinary, and to help you thrive on your chosen creative path.
I specialise in helping with:
- Identity
- Meaning and purpose
- Feeling stuck
- Low self esteem and self worth
- Imposter syndrome
- Perfectionism
- Procrastination
- Rejection
- Stress and burnout
- Life transitions
- Bereavement
- Loss
- Spirituality
- Relationships
- Trauma
- Stigma and shame
- Existential issues
- Personal philosophy
Training, qualifications & experience
I am a qualified and experienced therapist with a MA/PGDip in Counselling and Psychotherapy from the University of East London. I am also a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).
I am trained as an integrative and person-centred therapist which simply means, I will listen deeply to what you want and need, we will aim to build a supportive therapeutic relationship together and then collaborate on what approach works best for you. It will be an open and flexible process.
I have experience of working with adults of all ages but increasingly, I am working with Gen Z and Millennials searching for their path, as well as older adults of retirement age, dealing with all forms of loss and searching for rich and purposeful lives outside of the working norm.
I have worked for You and Me Counselling centre for young people and their families, as a bereavement counsellor for St Francis Hospice and as a community navigator for MIND, helping those with managed mental illness to engage with their communities.
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
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Personal philosophy
Existential issues
Identity
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Therapies offered
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Fees
£70.00 per session
Additional information
Limited concessionary places of £50 are available for those claiming benefits or students, which we can discuss before our first session and on receipt of proof such as student identification or a letter from the DWP.
Further information
Our therapeutic relationship is the key to good therapy for you, so I think it’s important for you to know a bit about me to decide whether I might be the right fit for you. Before I qualified as a therapist, I worked in the music industry in London for 15 years. I am also a trained actor and have been acting for over 20 years. It is not too far removed from therapy - empathy for the depths of the human character. As a working creative, I know what it is to struggle with identity and to have an alternative lifestyle that society can stereotype and stigmatise, and that can be emotionally, mentally and often financially challenging.
I have experience of working with adults of all ages but increasingly, I am working with Gen Z and Millennials searching for their path, as well as older adults of retirement age, dealing with all forms of loss and searching for rich and purposeful lives outside of the working norm.
