Emma Headland
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About me
There are times in our lives when we may encounter difficulties and challenges, feel overwhelmed, stuck, or find ourselves struggling with our experiences. You don’t need to cope alone. I offer a calm and confidential space where you can feel safe to talk and feel heard without judgment. Through counselling, I can help support you in exploring and working through whatever you are experiencing and finding a way forward.
I am a professionally qualified Person-Centred Therapeutic Counselor, registered with the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists. I am currently pursuing a postgraduate master's in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I work integratively and creatively, tailoring my approach to suit the individual needs of my clients.
I am naturally compassionate, empathetic, caring, and considerate. I am passionate about supporting people through their life experiences or challenges and seeing them empowered to grow in their well-being, self-awareness, and personal development.
I work with a range of issues, including anxiety, depression, grief, loss, bereavement, life transitions and long-term chronic health conditions such as CFS and Fibromyalgia. I am a trained sexual violence counsellor with experience working with sexual assault, abuse and childhood trauma. I have spent a short time in Cambodia supporting charities working with people who have experienced extreme poverty, genocide and sex trafficking. I am able to offer Christian counselling but work with those of faith or no faith background.
I worked as a primary school teacher for many years, gaining valuable experience in supporting children and their families, particularly those with significant learning, behavioural and emotional needs. This has given me an understanding of the challenges and stress that families may face, as well as the individual needs of family members. In more recent years, I have been involved in pastoral roles, supporting people with struggles in their faith, life challenges or crises. I have worked with local charities to provide counselling support through my training, voluntary work, and private practice.
I can provide long or short term counselling and offer sessions either in person, online or by telephone.
If you feel I might be the right person to work with, you are welcome to contact me for a fifteen-minute phone consultation to discuss what is happening for you and how we might work together.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications
- Currently completing a Level 7 Post-Graduate Masters in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Waverley Abbey (Middlesex University)
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (cpcab) – Chapters Counselling and Training
- Level 3 in Counselling Studies – Chapters Counselling and Training
- Level 2 in Counselling Skills – Chapters Counselling and Training
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling (ACTO approved)
- PG Certificate in Education – York St John University
- BA (Hons) Joint Studies - Music & Religion - Brunel University
- Dyslexia & Co-occurring Difficulties – Dyslexia Action
Additional Training
- Certificate in Trauma Informed Therapy, The Link Centre
- The Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre Volunteer Counsellor Training
- Mental Health and the Body: Treating Trauma
- Trauma & The Body: Dissociation and Somatisation
- Working with Trauma that has become Stuck
- Working with Dissociative Disorders that has become Stuck
- Working with Dissociative Disorders in Clinical Practice
- Working with Shame
Counselling Experience
- Emma Headland Counselling as owner and counsellor
- Community Works, Thirsk as a Counsellor
- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre as a Counsellor during training
- Christian Fellowship Ministries as a volunteer Counsellor
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
Christian/Faith Counselling
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Counselling in person 1 hour - £40
Telephone/Online (Zoom) 1 Hour - £40
Counselling for trainee counsellors 1 Hour - £30
When I work
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Further information
My usual working days are Monday to Thursday, with evening appointments available upon request.