Emma Farrimond, BACP

Emma Farrimond is a counsellor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and life changes. She helps with grief, relationship difficulties, compassion fatigue and sleeping problems. Emma also supports people managing chronic pain, illness and disability and those dealing with codependency or communication issues.

Emma has practised for 14 years and has experience in workplace Employee Assistance Programme counselling and in voluntary organisations. She has worked with people affected by bereavement and domestic violence and set up a counselling service for parents and carers of young children. She has run a private practice since 2014.

Her way of working is straightforward and respectful. Conversations are shaped around what the person brings and what they want to change. She uses client-centred listening alongside techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking and try practical alternatives.

Emma also draws on existential ideas to look at meaning and values, and uses solution-focused strategies to set small, achievable goals. Together these approaches can help with decision-making, motivation, time management and finding clearer direction.

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, holds a BA (Hons) in Counselling and Psychotherapy with Philosophy and postgraduate diplomas in professional counselling and applied criminal justice and criminology. Sessions are conducted in English in the United Kingdom.

To begin, people follow the site process to match with a therapist and book a session according to the advertised scheduling options.

How Emma adapts therapeutic approaches for online work

Emma uses client-centred therapy to listen carefully to what matters most to each person and to shape sessions around their priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and helps the counsellor understand immediate needs and goals.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and introduces practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood and change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for stress, sleeping problems, low mood and managing painful thoughts.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Emma treats the choice of approach as collaborative and will discuss what feels most helpful. Together the person and therapist decide whether to focus on thoughts and behaviour, on values and meaning, or on setting small achievable steps.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into busy lives and the ability to meet without travelling. If you are considering online work, confirm the exact session formats available before booking, as the site lists current options. Online sessions can make shorter check-ins, weekday appointments or regular weekly work easier to arrange, helping therapy fit around work, caring or medical routines.