About Emma
Emma Manthy helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, low self-esteem, anger, grief, depression and bipolar difficulties. She also supports those dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue and LGBT‑related concerns. Emma is named up front so visitors know who they would be talking with.
Emma works in a straightforward, respectful way. Sessions are tailored to each person. She uses conversational listening and practical tools so people can try things between meetings.
How Emma works
The tone is supportive and focused on small, achievable steps. Her approach blends several evidence-informed therapies. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy inform the structure of many sessions.
Mindfulness practices and a client-centred stance are woven in to help people feel heard and calmer in day-to-day life. Emma has nine years' experience as a therapist in the United Kingdom and has also practised as a health and wellbeing coach. She runs psychoeducational workshops for organisations and the public, bringing helpful explanations and real-world strategies into sessions.
People can expect clear explanations, short practical exercises, and conversations aimed at setting achievable goals. Emma aims to create a space where someone can talk through difficult feelings, learn new coping skills and work steadily towards change. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in a variety of formats.
The focus is on making therapy workable for each person's life and commitments.
Emma lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Emma works with
The areas below are the ones Emma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Emma often draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy during online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing small changes, which can help with anxiety, low mood and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without fighting them, and then choosing actions that reflect personal values to build a meaningful life.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your concerns, goals and preferences and suggest ways of working together. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses to suit how you respond.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth or times without a camera, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
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