Emma Farrimond

Emma Farrimond offers straightforward counselling for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem or grief. She speaks plainly and helps clients take small, practical steps. Emma aims to make the first contact less daunting and to work at a pace that suits each person.

Emma has worked in the UK for over 14 years. She has experience in private sector employee assistance programmes and in voluntary services, including bereavement and domestic violence support. She also established a counselling service for parents and carers of young children and has run a private practice since 2014.

Her training includes a BA (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy with Philosophy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Counselling (Integrative). She is MBACP Registered, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. More recently she completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Criminal Justice and Criminology.

In sessions she adapts the approach to the person. Conversations can include practical ways to manage anxiety, tools for sleep and anger, and steps for dealing with relationship or career change. Emma also offers support around chronic illness and pain, isolation, codependency and the impact of trauma.

She works collaboratively to set simple goals and to test what helps between appointments. The tone is respectful and compassionate, with an emphasis on workable changes in everyday life.

How Emma’s approaches translate to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy places the person and their priorities at the heart of the work. It involves open conversation, reflective listening and tailoring sessions to what matters most to the individual, which can help with issues like low self-esteem, grief and relationship worries.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and testing small changes. It is practical and can be used to tackle anxiety, sleep problems and low mood through exercises and homework between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Emma will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that match the person’s needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy progresses.

Check the session options before booking to confirm how she currently meets with clients. Online counselling can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people choose a setting that helps them focus without needing to be on camera for the whole time.