Emma Barty

Emma Barty is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with nine years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and life changes, and lists life purpose among her focus areas. Her practice includes work around trauma, ADHD, autism spectrum issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain and LGBT concerns.

Emma combines talking therapy with creative and body-based methods. She uses client-centred work alongside mindfulness, somatic techniques and trauma-informed approaches. Sessions can include visualisation, movement and creative activities to help people notice patterns in thinking, feeling and behaviour.

Her first meeting covers why someone is looking for counselling and what they hope to achieve. Emma and the client agree how they will work together, discuss session length and practical arrangements, and answer any questions about the process. She also explains her ways of working and how progress will be reviewed.

Emma has experience in third-sector and statutory settings, including bereavement services and mental health charities. That background informs her work with loss, long-term illness and caregiving stress. She pays attention to practical daily challenges as well as emotional material.

In ongoing sessions she keeps an open conversation about what is helping and what might be changed. The work may involve skills from dialectical behaviour therapy, mindfulness practices, creative tasks or somatic exercises. People who come feeling stuck about work, purpose or big life shifts can expect a collaborative focus on next steps and coping strategies.

Sessions are offered in English and Emma accepts international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Emma uses client-centred therapy to focus on what matters to the individual. That means sessions start from the client's concerns and priorities, with the counsellor following their lead to clarify goals and next steps. This approach suits people who want a conversational, reflective process.

She also uses dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills in a practical way. DBT techniques offer concrete tools for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance and reducing unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness practice is used alongside this to increase present-moment awareness and reduce rumination, which can help with anxiety and mood difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emma will discuss options and test what helps, adjusting methods as needs and preferences become clearer. That means the plan can combine talking, skills practice and creative or body-based exercises depending on what is useful.

The original biography refers to online and telephone counselling, but it does not list all possible formats. Confirm the exact session formats available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Telephone options can suit people who prefer not to use a camera or who need a lower-bandwidth option.