Emma Manthy , BACP

Emma Manthy is a counsellor who focuses on women's issues alongside a wide range of emotional concerns. She works with people feeling stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar mood difficulties, trauma and abuse, and intimacy-related problems. She also supports clients facing workplace strain, compassion fatigue and identity matters such as LGBT concerns and self-esteem struggles.

Emma uses simple, practical tools in sessions. She listens without judgement and adapts each meeting to what the person needs that week. Conversations often include goal-setting, skill practice and exploring what gets in the way of change.

She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness to help manage distressing thoughts and feelings. Dialectical behaviour strategies and a client-centred stance are also part of her toolbox when people need them.

Emma has nine years of experience and holds BACP accreditation with practice in the United Kingdom. She has worked as a health and wellbeing coach and delivers psychoeducational workshops for organisations and the public.

Sessions may involve short-term focused work or a longer process depending on what the person wants. Emma aims to help people build practical coping skills, clarify values, and make changes that fit their life. She invites each client to shape the pace and focus of therapy so it feels manageable and relevant.

How online approaches shape practical therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with what matters to them. It uses simple exercises to build action around personal values and can help with anxiety, depression and difficulties with motivation.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It offers straightforward strategies to test unhelpful beliefs, change patterns of avoidance and develop skills for managing mood and stress.

Emma also uses mindfulness techniques to teach present-moment skills that reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation. These practices often pair well with ACT and CBT to give both short-term relief and longer-term tools.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Emma works collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and circumstances. She will discuss options, try techniques in session and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone calls suit people who prefer audio only or have limited bandwidth, live chat gives a quicker check-in option and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life while keeping the focus on practical progress.