- Years in practice
- 3
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Emma
Emma Donnelly is a BACP counsellor with three years of professional experience. She offers calm, practical support for parents and adults facing relationship strain, grief, and parenting challenges. Emma emphasises simple, steady steps over jargon.
She encourages people to notice their strengths and build on them. Emma is studying for an MSc in Psychology while continuing clinical work. She has experience helping people manage concentration and memory difficulties alongside emotional struggles.
Background and approach
Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including attachment issues, blended family tensions, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and postpartum depression. Clients often bring complex life events such as bereavement, addiction-related problems, or trauma. Emma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people make sense of their experiences and find workable coping strategies.
Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and building routines that help day-to-day life. She pays attention to cultural and multicultural concerns and responds to prejudice and discrimination as part of the therapy conversation. Emma also supports people dealing with panic attacks, seasonal mood changes, sex addiction, and the aftermath of sexual assault and abuse.
Emma offers sessions in English from the United Kingdom. She provides a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, so parents and busy adults can choose what fits their life.
What Emma works with
Everything Emma lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Emma helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
How Emma adapts therapeutic approaches for online support
Emma uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical changes and clearer thinking. One approach helps people break problems into smaller steps and build new routines to manage panic, concentration or low mood. Another approach focuses on understanding attachment and relationship patterns so people can change habits that cause repeated conflict or stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emma will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose methods to try and adjust them as progress is made, so therapy stays relevant to the person’s life and parenting needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for a deeper conversation and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Messaging and live chat provide flexibility for brief updates, ongoing reflection between sessions, or when scheduling around childcare and busy days.
Questions people ask about Emma
What issues does Emma commonly address?
Emma helps people with relationship strain, family conflicts, grief, parenting worries and ADHD-related concentration concerns. She also works with many related issues such as attachment, caregiver stress and postpartum depression.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. The approach is straightforward and collaborative, emphasising strengths and small changes.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional experience and is currently studying for an MSc in Psychology while continuing clinical work. Her experience includes supporting people with memory and concentration difficulties alongside emotional concerns.
Where is Emma based and what credential does she hold?
Emma practises from the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She works via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different daily schedules and preferences.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are accessed through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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