Emma Farrimond, BACP

Emma Farrimond greets people with a calm, down-to-earth approach. She aims to make the first step feel straightforward. Her style is warm and respectful, and she adapts to what each person needs.

Emma has 14 years of experience working in different settings. She has provided time-limited EAP counselling in the private sector and run a private practice since 2014. She has also worked in voluntary organisations, supporting people affected by bereavement and domestic violence, and set up a counselling service for parents and carers of young children.

In sessions she focuses on problems like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps with grief, trauma, relationship and family concerns, sleep difficulties, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional areas she addresses include chronic pain and illness, codependency, communication problems and issues around fatherhood and men's wellbeing.

Emma uses practical talking therapies to help people notice patterns and try small changes. She draws on client-centred ways of working to listen and prioritise what matters to the person. She also uses cognitive behavioural ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and solution-focused tools to set clear goals.

Her academic background includes a BA (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy with Philosophy and postgraduate diplomas in Professional Counselling (integrative) and Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology. She is MBACP registered, which is recorded as BACP in professional listings.

Emma offers appointments in English across the United Kingdom and uses a flexible mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then book according to her schedule.

How Emma’s approaches work online

Client-centred work puts the person's experience first. In this way of working the counsellor listens deeply and follows what matters most to the individual, helping them feel heard and understood. It is useful for concerns like low self-esteem, grief and general stress.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. Sessions use simple steps to spot unhelpful thinking, test it out and try new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Emma will talk with each person about their situation, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try. This collaborative approach means plans can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling flexible. Video calls work well for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people write between meetings. These options help people fit counselling around work, family life and health needs while keeping therapy practical and goal-focused.