Emma Harvey, BACP

Emma Harvey is a counsellor with a BACP accreditation who has worked in mental health for five years. She offers straightforward, goal-focused support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or changes in relationships. Emma’s work pays attention to thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going, and she helps clients spot practical ways to change them.

Her background includes supporting people with depression, anger, trauma and grief, and she has experience with ADHD, body image and issues around gender and sexuality. She uses a mix of talking approaches so sessions can be shaped to each person’s needs rather than following a single formula.

Emma tends to work collaboratively. She listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often focus on noticing unhelpful patterns, trying small changes, and reviewing what helps between meetings.

Her toolkit includes approaches that look at thoughts and behaviour, bring mindful awareness into daily life, and consider how past relationships influence current feelings. She also draws on psychodynamic ideas to make sense of longer-standing patterns when that feels useful.

People choose Emma when they want a practical, down‑to‑earth way to manage difficult feelings and improve everyday habits. She aims to make therapy a steady, manageable part of life while working towards clearer ways of coping and relating to others.

How Emma’s approaches translate to online work

Client‑Centred Therapy focuses on listening and building a supportive space where clients set the pace and goals; it helps when people want to talk through feelings and decide what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses clear exercises and practical tasks to change unhelpful habits. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing strong emotions and improving tolerance for distress, useful when intense mood swings or anger cause problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Emma will discuss options and tailor sessions to the client’s aims, trying different techniques and checking what helps. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check‑in conversations when that suits. It can also allow use of written exercises or guided breathing between meetings to support changes in everyday habits.