LOCATION: Coleman Street, Brighton & online
AVAILABILITY: Monday 8am - 4pm and 5pm - 8pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm and 5pm - 8pm
PRICE: £70 per session
SPECIALISMS:
Relationships (individuals)
Trauma
Neurodiversity
Recovery from narcissistic abuse
Anxiety
Depression
Stress and burnout
Low self-esteem
Perfectionism and feeling "not good enough"
Life transitions
Parenting
Gender and sexuality
LGBTQ+ counselling
Cultural Identity, dual heritage and expatriate experience
Menopause
Dissociation

Training

Emma is a qualified and experienced integrative counsellor and psychotherapist and a registered member of the British Association of Psychotherapists (BACP). She has an M.A. from the Minster Centre a leading training centre for Integrative counselling. In addition to core modules Emma opted to train in ‘family and belonging’, ‘skills for trauma’ and ‘child sexual abuse’. Emma has undertaken research into using mind-body approaches to work with childhood trauma .

M.A. in Integrative Counselling from the Minster Centre/ Middlesex University
Diploma In Integrative Counselling from the Minster Centre

B.A. in Combined Studies (Cultural Studies: History: American Literature and Film: Politics: Economics) from Manchester University.

As well as her private practice Emma has worked as a counsellor and assessor at Centre 70, a community based therapy centre in South London, and at the Minster Centre low-cost therapy centre.

Approach

Emma offers a warm, thoughtful space where you can slow down, and feel genuinely listened to.
As an integrative therapist Emma draws from different therapeutic approaches to find an approach that works best for you. She works with the impact of experiences in your childhood and adolescence helping you understand emotional patterns and develop resilience and emotional awareness. She also pays close attention to current relationships and difficulties you may be experiencing. Emma values the quality of the therapeutic relationship and aims to be open, responsive and present to whatever you bring to each session. She enjoys a particular focus on helping people discover a deeper sense of purpose, creativity and a stronger sense of their own potential.

Emma can also use mind-body techniques such as EFT (Tapping) to process trauma and lead to moments of real clarity if this is of interest.

Relationships

Exploring relationships is key to Emma’s work. This includes relationships within families and sexual and romantic relationships (working with individuals). She uses her training in attachment theory to help you understand your relationship patterns and support you to change. Emma works with people navigating dating, long-term relationships, break-ups and issues around intimacy. You may be trying out new types of relationships or wanting to achieve more fulfillment in current relationships. For instance, there may be feelings of jealousy, insecurity or persistent conflicts with a partner that you are not sure how to resolve.

Emma can work with you to understand how unconscious patterns of behaviour may play out in current relationships and keep you stuck. She can offer new perspectives and a range of approaches to help you better communicate, begin to resolve conflicts and achieve greater intimacy. Emma’s extensive experience includes work with: parent-child relationships; sibling relationships; family conflicts; separation and estrangement.

Emma also works with people who have experienced narcissistic abuse in close relationships, helping you to recognise harmful patterns and process the confusion and self-doubt that often follows. Therapy can support you to reconnect with your own needs and sense of self-worth.

Difficulties in family and partner relationships , can cause feelings of guilt, shame and abandonment.
With warmth, consistency, careful attention and a non-judgemental approach, Emma works with you towards meaningful change in your relationships.

Trauma

Emma works in depth to help people recovering from childhood sexual or physical trauma, emotional abuse or neglect, also sexual assault (in adolescence or adulthood) and experiences of bullying.

Emma is also highly experienced in working with relational trauma, which arises from repeated experiences where your needs felt unmet or unsafe, shaping how you relate to others and yourself. “Small t” trauma includes subtle, cumulative experiences like constant criticism or emotional neglect. Both can impact self-worth, emotional regulation, and relationship patterns, even when not recognised as trauma.

In working with trauma Emma integrates gentle mind–body approaches such as Focusing and EFT (tapping). This helps regulate the nervous system allowing deeper therapeutic work to unfold safely and effectively. Emma also draws from IFS (Internal Family Systems) helping you connect with and really understand deeper parts of yourself to create a stronger foundation of safety and self-compassion. By working in this way trauma can be processed without overwhelm and you can work towards deeper emotional healing and integration.

As well as her private practice Emma has also worked at Centre 70, a low cost therapy centre supporting clients recovering from complex trauma.

Neurodiversity

Emma has many years of experience working with neurodivergent clients. This includes clients with ADHD, ASD (Autism), Dyslexia, Dyscalculia (Diagnosed/ self-identified). Neurodiversity involves a unique way of processing and experiencing life. Perhaps you are creative, hyper-focused, an innovative thinker, but also face very real challenges navigating a world with a strong neurotypical bias. Emma can help you identify your unique neurodivergent characteristics supporting you to work to your strengths.

You may struggle with work, relationships, self-esteem. You may have a history of masking parts of yourself in public. Cycles of procrastination, overwhelm and burnout can leave you feeling not good enough, feeling misunderstood, or blaming yourself. Being able to share your struggles with someone who is curious and non-judgemental can be a big relief and you can use therapy to try things out (e.g. tricky conversations). You can talk through any anxieties, whilst addressing your inner critic and working with any intrusive thoughts.

The consistent experience of being deeply listened to can be very healing and help you to view yourself with greater understanding. Emma will support you to reshape your life and relationships in a way that better fits you and allows you to feel more authentically yourself.

Other information

Emma's practice is diverse and she welcomes social, sexual, cultural and gender difference.

She normally works with clients in an open-ended way for the medium to long-term, however she can also work short-term on more specific issues.