Emma Wilson
Supportive online counsellor for stress and eating concerns
About Emma
Emma Wilson is a counsellor who uses a client-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, eating concerns, low self-esteem and depression. She works online and speaks English. Emma holds BACP registration which indicates a professional counselling background.
Emma draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to offer clear, practical support. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns and try small changes that make day-to-day life easier. She also uses brief, goal-focused techniques to help people notice progress sooner.
Background and approach
Her practice includes work around eating and body image issues and the emotional side of food. She supports people dealing with feelings of abandonment, guilt and shame, and with relationship and communication problems between family members. Emma also offers help for those managing chronic pain, illness, disability and caregiver stress.
Emma has four years' experience working as a counsellor. She combines empathic listening with practical tools such as problem-solving and guided reflection. Motivational Interviewing features where people need help finding the drive to change.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, making it possible to choose a format that fits a busy life. Emma does not accept international clients and works with people based in the United Kingdom.
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Sessions & fees
How Emma's approaches translate to online work
Emma combines Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to provide straightforward online counselling. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and allowing people to lead the conversation so they feel heard and understood; it helps when someone needs space to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and eating-related behaviours.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be decided together. Emma will talk about your goals, try different ways of working and agree what helps most. That collaborative approach means the plan can change as you make progress or as priorities shift.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit counselling into a busy life. Video lets you have a face-to-face style conversation; phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited; live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, reflective notes or people who prefer typing. These options give flexibility in pace and format while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
