Emily Pemberton, BACP

Emily Pemberton works with people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and parenting pressures. She is named up front to make it clear who will be working alongside you. Her style is calm and attentive, with short, steady questions and warm reflections to help you feel understood. Emily uses a person-centred way of working that lets you set the pace. She pays attention to details in your story and offers gentle observations rather than rushing to solutions. This helps when feelings feel overwhelming or when decisions seem impossible. Her background includes five years practising as a psychotherapeutic counsellor and a postgraduate diploma in Person-Centred therapy. She also spent two years studying Ecological Transactional Analysis and completed a brief course in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, known as DBT. The abbreviation DBT is used hereafter. In sessions she will focus on building a trusting relationship first. Then she works with practical skills and simple reflections to ease anxiety, manage anger, and boost self-esteem. She also supports people coping with trauma and abuse, ADHD, chronic illness, body image worries and other linked concerns. Emily describes herself as attentive and empathetic. She aims to help you find relief and gradually live in a way that feels more manageable. If you want a steady presence while you sort out difficult feelings, her approach is gentle and goal-focused.

How her approaches shape online support

Emily uses client-centred practice and elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to guide her work. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely, reflecting what you say and giving you space to lead the conversation; it can help when you need someone to understand your experience before making changes. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, or DBT, offers practical skills for managing strong emotions, reducing reactivity and improving relationships, which is useful for anxiety, anger and coping under stress. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emily will talk with you about what feels most useful and adapt methods to your goals and preferences. She treats the choice of approach as a shared decision and checks in as you try different ways of working together. The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy week. It can reduce travel time and make it simpler to keep regular appointments around work or family commitments. The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the exact online or in-person options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals often use online sessions to offer continuity of care and convenient access while focusing on the same relationship-based and skills-led work as face-to-face therapy.