About Emma
Emma Marsh helps people who are struggling with relationships, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety. She also supports those facing addiction, grief, parenting pressures, career uncertainty, sleep or eating problems, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar. Emma has 11 years of professional experience and holds BACP registration.
She approaches work in a straightforward, non-judgemental way. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to the person in front of her.
How Emma works
Emma aims to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings and to name practical, manageable next steps. Emma draws on Attachment-Based methods to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She also uses Client-Centred techniques to keep sessions led by the client’s priorities and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot unhelpful thinking and change behaviours.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy tools and Motivational Interviewing are used when managing strong emotions or building motivation for change. People can expect a calm and open space to talk through painful memories, relationship tensions, or the stress of life change. Emma listens for patterns and works alongside clients to test small changes that feel doable.
Her style balances emotional support with practical strategies. Emma works from the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English. She aims to help people feel understood, less stuck, and better equipped to handle their day-to-day challenges.
Emma lists 7 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.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Emma commonly combines Attachment-Based work and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy when helping people online. Attachment-Based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationship patterns and can help with intimacy issues, abandonment concerns, and communication problems. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits, and teaches simple practical steps to reduce anxiety, lift mood, or change behaviours.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Emma will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Together you can adapt techniques over time so they fit your life and feel achievable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are useful for in-depth work and body language cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter setup is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, people who find typing easier, or those who want to reflect between messages. These options help fit therapy around work, childcare, and day-to-day routines, while still allowing therapists and clients to work through relationship patterns, stress, trauma recovery, and behaviour change.
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