Emily Groves
Practical support for stress and relationships
About Emily
Emily Groves helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. She also supports those coping with grief, self-esteem struggles, parenting strain and career uncertainty. Emily is known for a calm, straightforward approach that focuses on small, practical steps.
Emily is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She aims to create an open space where people can say what they really feel without judgement.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and down-to-earth, with the therapist listening first and then suggesting ways to make things more manageable. In practice she works alongside clients to set clear, achievable goals. That might mean practising small changes between sessions, learning ways to handle flashpoints, or trying new ways of communicating with others.
The emphasis is on what works day to day rather than technical jargon. Emily is comfortable talking about trauma, intimacy-related issues, ADHD and compassion fatigue, as well as family and blended family concerns. She also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment, body image and coping after illness or bereavement.
People who come to Emily can expect steady, practical support and help to build confidence and coping skills. She encourages clients to take the pace that suits them and to measure progress in simple, concrete ways.
What Emily works with
Sessions & fees
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
Emily draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, workable steps. One common approach is problem-focused work that identifies patterns causing distress and breaks them down into small, manageable tasks that clients can practise between sessions; this helps with anxiety, burnout and daily stress. Another useful method is emotionally focused talking that helps people identify and name difficult feelings, learn new ways to communicate about them, and rebuild confidence after loss or relationship strain.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. If one way does not feel helpful, she will discuss alternatives and adjust the plan together.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make support more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues and face-to-face conversation, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick reflections or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family and other commitments, making it easier to keep momentum between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
