Accreditation:

• BACP Registered Member

Qualifications: 

• MA Integrative counselling and psychotherapy for children, adolescents and families at University of Roehampton

• Graduate certificate in psychodynamic and humanistic counselling at Goldsmiths, University of London

Emma is a child, adolescent and adult psychotherapist based in Southeast London, with many years experience. Emma has worked in schools, charities and private practice. She works with a broad range of emotional challenges such as anxiety, depression, bereavement, relationship difficulties with family and peers. Emma also works with more complex mental health difficulties including self-harm, trauma and those who have experienced abuse. In addition, she is experienced working with children and young people with neurodiversity for example ASD and ADHD as well as those struggling with identity.

Emma has undergone extensive training and supervision in therapy for OCD from the Integrative Centre for OCD Therapy. She has been trained in exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy and has learned the centre's approach to integrating ACT into ERP.

Emma tailors her approach to provide the most effective support for the individual using a variety of techniques including art, play and talking therapy which is developmental and age appropriate. As an integrative psychotherapist, she draws on aspects of theory and practise from many therapeutic traditions which include person centred, attachment based, psychodynamic and CBT approaches.

Emma is skilled in understanding what children and young people are trying to communicate through listening to what they say, observing their behaviour and their play. She supports them to understand thoughts and feelings which can be overwhelming or too complicated for them to make sense of. Her approach is warm, caring, empathetic and accepting of all.