Emma Donnelly
Calm practical support for life changes
About Emma
Emma Donnelly is a counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has three years of professional experience and is currently studying for an MSc in Psychology. Emma offers calm, practical support for people facing difficult life changes.
Her practice focuses on relationship and family concerns, parenting pressures, grief and loss, and difficulties with attention and concentration often linked to ADHD. She also addresses related issues such as attachment difficulties, blended family strain, and separation after divorce.
Background and approach
Emma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people make sense of their experiences. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-focused, with time spent identifying coping strategies and small changes that can make day-to-day life easier. She aims to build on each person’s strengths rather than start from scratch.
She has worked with adults and with children and young people during her three years of practice. That range of experience informs a flexible approach that adapts to each person’s situation and age. Emma speaks English and practises in the United Kingdom.
Her background includes work with people dealing with grief, postpartum depression, panic attacks, substance-related issues, trauma, and cultural or discrimination concerns. She encourages a step-by-step pace so people feel able to try things between sessions.
What Emma works with
Sessions & fees
How evidence-based approaches work online
Emma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and understanding. One approach looks at patterns in thoughts, feelings and behaviour to help reduce distress and improve daily functioning; this can be helpful for panic, low mood and unhelpful cycles in relationships. Another approach centres on building supported ways of relating by exploring attachment and interaction patterns, which can help with family conflict, parenting strain and blended family issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before, and will adapt methods so they fit each person’s situation. This is a collaborative process where options are revisited as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distances. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a lunch break or a short check-in. Live chat and messaging suit brief updates, paced conversations or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
