- Compassionate listening
- Practical steps
- Evidence informed
About Emma
Emma Bourquin is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and parenting worries. She works with individuals dealing with low self-esteem, depression, relationship strains and challenges like ADHD. Emma aims to make first steps feel manageable and speaks directly and kindly to worried parents and carers.
With 12 years of experience in the United Kingdom, Emma adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. She treats everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion, and focuses on practical ways to manage day-to-day strain. Sessions are shaped around what someone finds most useful, whether that is building confidence or handling sleep and anger problems.
Emma also pays attention to issues that often come with caring roles, such as compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. She offers support for pregnancy and childbirth related mood changes, including postpartum depression, and for young adults facing life transitions. Autism, Asperger syndrome and intellectual disability are listed among areas she recognizes in her work.
Her approach favours evidence-based therapeutic techniques and straightforward conversation rather than clinical jargon. Emma will work with each person to set small, achievable goals and practical steps they can try between sessions. The aim is to make everyday life feel more manageable.
To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How Emma uses evidence-based ways to help online
Emma works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to be practical and clear. One common approach focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviours to reduce anxiety and low mood; it involves noticing patterns, trying small behavioural experiments and practising new ways of thinking. Another approach she uses centres on building coping skills and problem-solving for everyday stresses, such as managing sleep, anger or parenting challenges, with step-by-step tasks to try between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Emma discusses the person's goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, and then they pick methods that fit. This collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or new issues come up.
For practical matters, confirm available session options before booking because formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy family schedule, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make it simpler to arrange appointments around work, childcare and other commitments while keeping the focus on useful, achievable steps between meetings.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Emma help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, low self-esteem and depression. Other areas include relationship strain, sleep difficulties, anger and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Emma uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques and plain language. Sessions focus on practical steps, goal setting and conversations tailored to the person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
Emma has 12 years of professional experience working with a variety of concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people within the United Kingdom.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and the cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I start if I want to try therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.