Emma Dalgleish, BACP

Emma Dalgleish is a BACP-registered counsellor with 22 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She draws on a broad clinical background to help people facing relationship and intimacy problems, trauma, grief and loss, and mood or anxiety concerns.

She aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion. In sessions she is straightforward and warm. She listens first, then adapts her approach to the person in front of her rather than using a fixed script.

Emma uses methods that focus on how people connect to others and how they make sense of their lives. That means she helps clients talk through relationship patterns, attachment concerns and the impact of past hurt on present choices. She also supports people working through identity issues, addiction, stress and parenting strain.

Practical tools and clear conversation are central to her style. She helps clients notice repeated patterns, try different ways of relating and find workable steps for change. She offers hypnotherapy where appropriate alongside talking-based approaches to deepen emotional processing.

Sessions aim to be frank and compassionate. Emma describes her work as empathic and non-judgemental, and she adapts to each person's needs. People interested in working together complete an online questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to her schedule.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Emma uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape present patterns. This approach helps people understand why they react a certain way in relationships and supports changing those patterns. Client-Centred Therapy is also important in her work and focuses on the client's own experience, giving space for people to be heard and to develop their own insights. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility and can help when people face major life changes or questions about purpose.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Emma works collaboratively to agree what to try first and adjusts methods as needs and goals evolve. She will discuss options and tailor sessions so the approach fits the person rather than the other way around.

Online therapy with Emma is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions let people meet face to face from different locations. Phone work can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a short check-in. Live chat and messaging suit those who prefer typed conversation or need flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and daily life, while keeping continuity between sessions.