Emily Smith
Person-centred support for stress and trauma
About Emily
Emily Smith offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, trauma or low self-esteem. She is introduced here by name and keeps the focus on what a person needs now. Sessions are aimed at helping someone feel steadier, clearer and more able to manage day-to-day life.
Emily uses a person-centred approach that values what the individual brings to therapy. She listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps people find their own answers.
Background and approach
Practical tools from mindfulness and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - DBT - are used when helpful to manage emotions and reduce overwhelm. Her background includes three years working in therapeutic roles in the United Kingdom, and she is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. This registration is listed as BACP in her credentials.
The emphasis in sessions is on respect, empathy and working at a pace that suits the client. Emily also draws on attachment-based ideas and Jungian perspectives to make sense of patterns in relationships and personal meaning. Those approaches are used to look at how past experiences shape current feelings and choices.
The work combines listening with practical steps to help everyday life feel more manageable. Sessions are offered in English and are delivered online through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits with their routine.
Emily aims to provide a steady, compassionate presence while people work through whatever feels most pressing.
What Emily works with
How Emily works
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Sessions & fees
Working with attachment, mindfulness and skills online
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape feelings and behaviour. It helps people understand patterns that affect close connections and self-worth, and can be useful for worries about abandonment or attachment issues.Client-centred practice places the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens, reflects and follows the client's lead to build clarity and self-understanding. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy - DBT - brings practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the journey. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences, and will adjust the focus as things change over time.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper discussion, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
