About Emily
Emily Groves helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports those dealing with depression, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and challenges around intimacy. Emily works from the United Kingdom and carries a BACP credential.
Her style is calm and straightforward. She aims to make sessions feel like a clear conversation where thoughts and feelings can be named without judgement. Sessions focus on practical steps as well as exploring what lies behind recurring reactions.
How Emily works
Emily draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor work to each person. That can mean short-term strategies to reduce anxiety, or slower work on attachment and past hurt. She helps people build skills they can use between sessions.
She pays attention to how life events affect day-to-day functioning, whether that is coping with loss, navigating separation, or facing workplace stress. Emily also supports people dealing with neurodiversity-related concerns such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and with issues like codependency and body image. Conversations cover practical problems and the emotions beneath them.
Emily encourages small, manageable changes and clear action plans. The aim is to help people feel steadier and more able to cope with life changes. To begin, Emily asks a few questions to understand current needs and goals.
From there she and the person agree on a way forward that feels realistic and useful.
What Emily works with
The areas below are the ones Emily selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Emily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on both immediate coping and longer-term change. One approach emphasises practical coping skills and behavioural strategies to reduce anxiety and manage stress; this helps people handle day-to-day symptoms and regain a sense of control. Another approach looks at attachment and past relational hurt, helping people understand patterns in relationships and improve intimacy and communication over time.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that match those aims, and adjust the plan if something does not fit. This collaborative process helps make sure the way of working feels sensible and helpful for each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility and many practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial cues and maintain a strong conversational flow. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer writing, want ongoing check-ins, or need to fit sessions into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family and other commitments.
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