Emily Foord, BACP

Emily Foord is a counsellor who focuses on helping people change thoughts and everyday habits that get in the way of wellbeing. She works collaboratively and without judgment, supporting clients to move at a pace that feels right for them. Emily uses practical conversation and reflection to help people pause, notice patterns, and find ways to live more authentically and connected.

Emily trained with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and holds a Diploma in Integrative Counselling. She also holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes several years working in residential addiction and mental health services where she ran group and individual therapy and led psycho-educational sessions.

She has worked with people around stress, anxiety, depression and addictive behaviours, and helps with relationship, parenting and family concerns. Other areas of focus include self-esteem, anger, intimacy-related issues and coping with life changes. Emily also supports people dealing with obsessional behaviours, panic, phobias, and feelings of isolation or shame.

Her approach draws on integrative counselling principles and evidence-based techniques such as motivational interviewing and elements of dialectical behavioural work. In sessions she tends to combine practical strategies with reflective conversation to help change everyday habits and unhelpful thinking patterns.

Emily aims to create a calm space where people can explore triggers and rehearse new ways of responding. She encourages small steps, self-compassion and realistic goals so change feels achievable rather than overwhelming.

How Emily uses practical therapies online

Emily draws on a small number of evidence-based techniques to help change thoughts and everyday habits. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative way of talking that helps people find their own reasons to change and build motivation for new behaviours. Radically open dialectical behavioural ideas focus on noticing emotional patterns, practising openness and learning new ways to relate when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. Emily will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time so the approach fits the person rather than the other way round.

Confirm current session formats before booking so you know what is available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or travel and can reduce time spent commuting. It can also allow shorter check-ins when that suits the day, or sessions that do not require being on camera. These practical benefits help people apply changes from session into everyday life.