Emma Farrimond, BACP

Emma Farrimond offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. She writes in a straightforward way and aims to make the first steps easier for someone who is worried or uncertain. Emma works with matters such as grief, trauma, relationship strain and problems with sleep and anger. She also helps when chronic illness, pain or major life transitions make daily life harder.

Emma uses clear, conversational sessions to help clients identify small, useful changes. She draws on approaches that focus on personal values, practical problem solving, and how thoughts influence feelings and actions. Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and pace rather than a fixed template.

Her background includes work across private and voluntary sectors, including bereavement and domestic violence services. Emma set up and ran a counselling service for parents and carers of young children and has run a private practice since 2014. Her experience stretches back 14 years and includes time-limited workplace counselling services.

Emma holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She trained in counselling and psychotherapy at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has recent study in applied criminal justice and criminology.

Sessions are conducted in English and she works with people who want help with mood, coping skills, communication and finding direction. If you are considering therapy, Emma asks that you take the first step by completing the initial matching questionnaire so she can see if her way of working is a good fit.

How Emma’s approaches translate to online therapy

Emma draws on client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques to support people online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, understanding and helping clients find their own solutions, which suits conversations about values and life direction. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and uses practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, useful for anxiety, low mood and everyday habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Emma will work collaboratively to agree what feels most helpful based on a person’s concerns, goals and preferences. That may mean trying different techniques and checking in regularly about what is and is not working.

The original profile does not list specific online or remote session formats, so please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can attend from wherever they are. Many people find that the flexibility helps them sustain regular sessions and apply changes in everyday life.