Emily Bolland, BACP

Emily Bolland offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or questions about identity. She is a BACP counsellor and she frames sessions around what each person needs in the moment. Emily writes simply and listens closely, helping people make small changes that feel manageable.

She has six years of experience working in community mental health and neurodevelopmental assessment settings. That background means she is used to helping people whose problems are complex or layered. She has worked with trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis and mood difficulties, and with concerns linked to neurodivergence.

In sessions Emily draws on evidence-based therapies alongside psychodynamic and humanistic ideas. That combination helps people notice patterns from their past while also building practical ways to cope now. She encourages steady, realistic steps rather than quick fixes.

Emily is currently completing a Doctorate in Psychology and researches suicidal thoughts and behaviours with young adults. This research informs her thinking about safety, risk and how people make sense of distress. She speaks English and sees clients in the United Kingdom.

Therapy with Emily typically moves at the client’s pace. People can expect a thoughtful, non-judgemental atmosphere where emotions and everyday problems are both taken seriously. Sessions aim to make things clearer and easier to live with over time.

How Emily uses therapeutic approaches in online sessions

Emily often draws on acceptance and commitment ideas that encourage noticing thoughts without getting swept away by them. This approach helps when anxiety, intrusive thoughts or worries about the future get in the way of everyday life.

She also uses psychodynamic ideas to help people understand recurring patterns that come from past relationships and experiences. That can make sense of feelings like abandonment, emptiness or repeated relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Emily will discuss options with each person and adapt techniques to match their goals, pace and comfort level. Together they decide what feels most useful and adjust as therapy progresses.

Online formats make regular work easier to maintain. Video calls suit longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging allow brief check-ins and flexible contact between calls. These options help people fit therapy around work, study and daily life while keeping continuity of care.