Emma Marsh, BACP

Emma Marsh helps people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, stress and anxiety. She supports those dealing with addictions, grief, parenting strains, career worries, and major life changes. Emma also works with people managing mood conditions such as depression and bipolar, and with concerns like eating, sleeping and intimacy-related issues.

Emma uses a calm, non-judgemental style in sessions. She aims to make it easy to talk about hard things. Conversations focus on the person's experience and what they want to change. Emma draws on practical tools as needed to help people cope day to day.

Her approach blends attachment-based ideas with client-centred listening and cognitive behavioural techniques. This means she pays attention to how relationships shape feeling and behaviour, listens without pushing, and helps people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She can also use dialectical behaviour strategies and motivational interviewing to support emotion regulation and commitment to change.

Emma has 11 years of professional experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works with adults on a wide range of concerns, including complex presentations that combine mental health and life stressors. Sessions aim to be practical and focused, while allowing space to process emotion.

People usually begin by describing what they most want to address and setting small, achievable goals. Emma offers a steady presence and practical steps, whether someone needs short-term support for a crisis or a longer course of therapy to work through deeper patterns.

How Emma's approaches work online

Emma draws on attachment-based work to look at how early and current relationships shape feelings and behaviour. This approach helps when trust, intimacy or attachment difficulties are causing recurring problems in relationships and life.

She also uses client-centred therapy, which means sessions begin with careful listening and reflecting the person's concerns. This way of working helps people feel heard and decide their own goals without pressure.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. It is practical and can help with anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and stress by teaching specific techniques to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different techniques and reviewing what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing to talking or who need quick, regular support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and everyday life.