About me
Hello and welcome to my profile. I’m Emma, a BACP accredited counsellor offering online counselling and supervision.
The approach I use is Person Centred/Psychodynamic Counselling.
I provide unique tailoring of support to suit your individual needs. I offer a friendly and professional service fostering feelings of hope and empowerment within a safe and transparent framework. There is extensive research to show that it is the quality of the counselling relationship that matters most in relation to the best outcomes and I hold this in mind whichever approaches are used.
I offer support for a range of concerns such as traumatic events, loss, bereavement, abuse, anxiety, identity, unresolved issues from childhood, relationships, separation, low mood, depression, managing and experiencing emotions, life changes.
I provide support for all age groups. My training and experience with children and young people enhances my work with adults as I understand how childhood development and experiences (both negative or positive) can shape adulthood.
How Might Counselling Help?
Counselling can provide a space to help you to consider what has happened to you or what is happening to you. It can help you to try to make better sense of your experiences, your thoughts and feelings about these and to consider possible ways forward.
Suppressing feelings can impact negatively on emotional and physical health. Learning to share how you are feeling in a safe space with support can be a powerful way of increasing emotional well-being and can also lead to changes in ways of communicating outside of therapy.
The counselling relationship can provide a space to think about your connections with others, how your history and experiences may contribute toward relationship patterns and ways of viewing the world around you.
Counselling provides a safe space for you to feel heard and validated, enabling you to try to identify and connect with your feelings and instincts which are there to guide you, but can sometimes get lost or muddled. Therapy can be a place to be yourself, to find yourself, or both.
My Role?
I will be alongside you as your supporter and guide, though I will endeavour to help you to find your own way rather than specifically directing you. I may offer respectful challenge in the form of offering reflections, posing questions or making suggestions of possible links from the past to the here an now.
I will remain closely led by what you bring so that we are focused on what is most important to you. Ultimately I work in ways which encourage our identifying together what is most helpful for you and we will work at a pace that suits you.
Initial Meeting?
Our first meeting will take up to 50 minutes for adults and up to 45 minutes for young people. We can discuss your reasons for seeking support and desired outcomes. We will also discuss confidentiality and the practical elements of the therapeutic framework to provide a solid foundation for our work togther. The fee for an initial meeting and all subsequent counselling sessions is £55.00.
Appointments?
If we decide to work together appointments are 50 minutes for adults or 40 - 45 minutes for young people. Appointments are usually weekly and charged at £55.00.
How/Where?
I am currently working virtually through Zoom. You can access our meetings easily through a link emailed to you. For appointments to take place it is essential that you have a private, comfortable space where you cannot be overheard, a laptop or similar device, and a stable internet connection.
Next Steps?
Please contact me via email with your desired day/time if you would like to arrange an initial appointment, or if you have any questions to help you decide if you would like to book in.
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Training, qualifications & experience
I am a BACP accredited counsellor/therapist with 18 years experience in various therapeutic, senior and supervisory roles across the NHS, private sector and charities.
Qualifications
WSC | NVQ3/Diploma in Person Centred and Psychodynamic Counselling.
University College London | Postgraduate Diploma in CYP IAPT Therapy.
Kings College London | Post Graduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Supervision.
Theraplay Institute | Level One Theraplay and Marschak Interaction Method and Group Theraplay.
Great Yarmouth College | L3 Community Mental Health Care for those aged 18 – 65.
Approaches
A Person Centred Counselling approach provides a safe place to feel heard, respected and understood. This approach places an emphasis on the importance of positive regard, acceptance and transparency within the counselling relationship. This approach is based on the belief that you are the expert on yourself and that given the conditions of counselling, self understanding, growth and change are enabled.
Psychodynamic Counselling can involve making links between past experiences and the person you are today. Sometimes unresolved feelings from the past can unknowingly be acted out in the present causing frustration and confusion and impacting on the way that you feel about yourself or relate to others. This way of working can be useful in increasing awareness of these processes in order to help with healing from the past and to provide opportunities for growth and change in the present and future.
I attend regular CPD (continued professional development) to ensure that my skills and knowledge are up to date and to uphold BACP registration.
CPD training topics have included attachment, trauma, managing risk, equality and diversity, safeguarding, sexual abuse, domestic violence, self-harm, anxiety, mindfulness, depression, gender identity, bereavement, loss, breathwork, neurodiversity, working online.
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.
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
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Fees
£55.00 per session
When I work
Various daytime availability Mon to Thurs.
Further information
In addition to providing clinical supervision of adult work I have a specialism in supervision for professionals working with children and young people. Please view my supervision profile for full details.
As an accredited member of the BACP I adhere to the BACP ethical framework ensuring a high-quality service. Following a BACP audit I met all specified requirements for good practice, access to supervision and training.
I am fully insured for virtual working UK wide.
