Emma Powell
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About me
I specialise in Addiction. I have been supporting people in and recovering from addiction for 17 years as a Counsellor and Group Facilitator. I work with alcohol and substance dependency, gambling, sex and spending addiction, codependency and self-harm.
I also specialise in Domestic Abuse. I am a trained Independent Domestic Violence Advocate. I’m passionate to help people recognise toxic dynamics and work through the aftermath of their experiences of an abusive relationship. Understanding consent, upholding boundaries and gender equality play a significant part in the work that I do with my clients.
Feeling anxious, depressed, stuck in unhealthy ways of coping, grappling with addiction, feeling terrified and confused in a relationship or toxic dynamic, when facing the day is becoming more difficult and seeing no way out of your situation is such an incredibly painful, lonely and overwhelming place to be.
I would really like to support you to move through what you’re experiencing
Our Sessions
I work face-to-face offering weekly sessions.
Our sessions are a place where you can reflect on your situation, look closer at your responses and challenge your internal life script through exploration, curiosity and without judgement. My hope is that we will develop enough trust which will enable you to do this.
Your personal outcomes will likely be interchangeable so I consistently offer the opportunity for reviewing the work, your process, the progress that you have made and indeed, our relationship.
Training, qualifications & experience
I’m an integrative counsellor which means that I use methods and tools from a variety of therapeutic modalities and incorporate them in to our sessions. The focus of my counselling training was in the Person-Centred Approach and I use the concepts of this theory as the foundation of my work.
What underpins all my work however, is the connection between the two of us so I like to play an active role in building that relationship. I ask questions, I offer reflections, I share my insights where I think it appropriate, and I invite you to get curious about yourself.
I have vast experience working with people who struggle with anxiety, developing an understanding of what ignites those feelings.
I help people make sense of their childhood experiences and how those informative years influence the ways in which they behave, cope and think now.
I am also trained in Canine Assisted Therapy, Coercive Control in Intimate Relationships, Trauma Grounding Techniques and Inner Child Work.
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
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Fees
£55.00 per session
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I work in Nailsworth, Stroud.
