Emily Smith , BACP

Emily Smith is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who focuses on women's issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and ADHD. She draws on a person-centred stance to create a calm, respectful space for people to talk about what matters to them. Emily speaks English and works with individuals to help them make sense of difficult emotions and life changes.

With three years of experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), she combines several therapeutic ideas rather than relying on a single method. Sessions typically involve exploring patterns in relationships, noticing early attachment experiences, and learning simple skills to manage distress. Practical tools and reflective conversation are used side by side.

Emily often includes mindfulness practices to help ground people during anxious moments. She also draws on attachment-based thinking to look at how early bonds shape current reactions. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills are sometimes used for emotion regulation and impulsivity when helpful.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns, including body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and life purpose. She is also LGBTQ+ friendly and open to exploring identity and sexuality in sessions.

Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging. Sessions run on a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and costs vary by location and therapist availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape the ways people relate now. Online conversations can help identify those repeating patterns and offer new ways to practise feeling understood and connected. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following the person's pace; it helps people explore feelings and make their own choices in therapy. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple exercises to notice thoughts and bodily sensations, which can reduce reactivity and ground someone during distress.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then agree a plan together. That plan may change over time as different tools prove more or less helpful, and decisions are made collaboratively rather than imposed.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let someone reflect in writing or fit a session around work and family commitments. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and try different formats as needs change.