Emma Rigg, BACP

Emma Rigg offers straightforward, calm support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or depression. She speaks plainly and listens carefully, helping clients name what is hardest and take small steps forward. Emma believes the person in front of her knows their own life best and builds on those strengths to find workable changes.

Emma has six years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration. Her background includes work with LGBT concerns and with people affected by trauma and abuse. She also supports those coping with major life changes and ongoing health challenges.

In sessions she uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That helps when issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties or repeated relationship problems are causing pain. She also works in a client-centred way, which means conversations focus on the individual’s priorities and pace.

Practical matters are part of her work. Emma helps people untangle communication problems, manage guilt and shame, and reduce isolation. She also addresses concerns such as caregiver stress, chronic illness, divorce and anger linked to past hurt.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person. Emma supports people who want clearer boundaries, steadier moods, and more manageable day-to-day coping. The emphasis is on simple, realistic steps that fit real life.

How Emma's approaches translate to online therapy

Emma uses attachment-based therapy to help people see how past relationships affect how they relate now. In practice this looks like conversations about patterns - who people trust, why they withdraw, and what they need to feel safer in relationships. It can be useful for worries such as abandonment, difficulty forming close connections, or repeating relationship problems.

She also uses a client-centred way of working, which puts the person's agenda first. Sessions follow whatever the client wants to talk about and move at their pace. This approach supports people who need a compassionate space to talk through guilt, shame, isolation or life transitions without pressure.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emma will talk with each person about goals and preferences and agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try different ways of working and pick what fits best.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give 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 or messaging can suit people who prefer writing, want to follow up between sessions, or need to fit therapy around a busy schedule. These options aim to make talking with a therapist workable for different lives and routines.