Emily Callaghan, BACP

Emily Callaghan is a counsellor with six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP registration, which is listed as her credential. Emily aims to make the first steps into therapy easier by offering calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed or unsure where to start.

Her practice focuses on stress and anxiety, low mood and depression, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with self-esteem. She also helps with relationship challenges, handling chronic illness or pain, and issues such as attachment and abandonment worries. Sessions include talking through what matters most and finding manageable next steps.

Emily encourages an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. She works collaboratively, listening first and then helping to shape goals that fit the person sitting in front of her. Expect clear language and straightforward suggestions rather than complex jargon.

She can also support people dealing with guilt, shame, communication problems, control issues, life direction concerns and isolation. Practical tools and reflective conversation are used alongside exploring past experiences that still affect daily life.

Therapy is arranged to suit individual needs and can be adapted over time. Emily is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. She welcomes people who are ready to take the next step and will guide them through the initial process.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online support

Two evidence-based approaches commonly used in talk therapy are cognitive work and trauma-informed listening. Cognitive-style work looks at thoughts and beliefs that feed anxiety or low mood, and helps people try different ways of thinking and responding. Trauma-informed listening focuses on pacing, grounding and creating a steady space to talk about painful experiences without being overwhelmed.

Emily will treat finding the right approach as a shared task. She starts by asking about what matters most, then suggests methods to try and checks in about what helps. Over a few sessions she and the client refine the plan together so it fits that person’s goals and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer writing or want more frequent, brief contact between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain regular contact with a registered or accredited professional when needed.