Emma Louise Sharkey, BACP

Emma Louise Sharkey helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self esteem, depression, and struggles with addiction. She also supports people dealing with grief, parenting strains, eating or sleeping difficulties, anger, career pressure, and ADHD. Emma works from the view that the person knows their own life best and that therapy is a collaborative process.

Emma uses a warm, person-centred style that puts the client's priorities first. She listens for strengths and patterns and helps people try out new ways of coping. Sessions are intended to be practical and down to earth, with simple steps to try between meetings.

Her approach includes client-centred methods and trauma-focused work. She also offers eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing and hypnotherapy as part of the toolkit, using them where they may suit the issue at hand. Emma draws on three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which is recorded as BACP.

People come to her for a range of concerns from relationship and communication problems to more specific issues such as body image, abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, autism-related challenges, codependency, domestic violence recovery, and substance misuse. She supports people facing life changes, separation, or caregiver stress.

Emma invites people to take the first step and book a session when they feel ready. She encourages small, manageable goals and works at a pace that suits each person's needs.

How Emma's approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and helping the person set their own goals. Online sessions can still use this approach by spending time on what matters most and building practical steps to try between meetings.

Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, often called EMDR, works with distressing memories to reduce their intensity. In an online setting the therapist guides the process verbally and uses paced techniques to help people process traumatic material safely.

Hypnotherapy involves guided relaxation and focused attention to work on habits, motivation or anxiety. Delivered online, it can help with sleep, stress management and braking unhelpful patterns through repetition and guided exercises.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Emma will talk with each person about their needs, goals and preferences and help choose which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made over time as progress is reviewed.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around work or family commitments and reducing travel time. If you need to check which session formats are offered, confirm the options before booking so you know what will fit your schedule and daily routine.