- Years in practice
- 5
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Anger management
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Emma
Emma Harvey is a counsellor with five years' experience in mental health practice. She offers straightforward, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or depression. Emma also helps with parenting concerns, relationship and family strain, and issues connected to identity such as LGBT matters.
She works with adults and young people across a range of emotional challenges. Emma uses a mix of talking and practical work in sessions.
Background and approach
She pays attention to thoughts, feelings and behaviours, and works with clients to set clear, realistic goals. Sessions often look at what is getting in the way day to day and try small changes that add up over time. Her approach blends client-centred listening with methods from cognitive behavioural therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy.
She also draws on mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas when helpful. This means Emma can offer both skills for managing strong feelings and space to look at deeper patterns. In a session Emma aims to be calm and direct.
She works collaboratively and helps people make decisions about next steps. Conversations are practical and paced to the person's needs so progress feels manageable. Emma practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Sessions are held online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. International clients who speak English can be supported through online formats.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Emma lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Emma’s approaches translate to online therapy
Emma often uses client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the person. This approach helps people feel heard and make choices about what they want to work on, and it suits conversations about parenting and relationship strain.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is another common tool she uses. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, low mood and day-to-day stress by offering concrete steps to try between sessions.
Dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, contributes skills for managing strong emotions and building better coping routines. Those skills are useful when anger, intense stress or relationship conflict make life harder.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emma will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and suggest what to try first. That decision is made together and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and practising skills together. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier if bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow ongoing check-ins and brief reflections between calls. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare and daily life while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Emma
What concerns does Emma commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem and depression, and supports people with parenting, relationship and family-related worries. Other areas include trauma, grief, eating concerns, ADHD and identity matters such as LGBT issues.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions combine warm, client-centred listening with practical, goal-focused work. Emma balances talking through emotions with exercises you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Emma has five years of experience working in mental health settings with young people and adults. That background informs her practical approach to common and complex issues.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients who speak English.
What session formats are available?
Emma offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use 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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