Emma Harratt
Person-centred support for life change and motivation
About Emma
Emma Harratt offers a warm, person-focused style of counselling rooted in client-centred care. She works with people to build motivation, boost self-esteem and manage the stresses that come with big life changes. Emma is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation, with five years of practice experience.
She uses plain talk and steady listening to help people name what feels hard. Sessions are tailored to each person so they focus on realistic steps and changes.
Background and approach
Emma draws on mindfulness to help slow overwhelming thoughts and on motivational interviewing to support commitment to new habits. Emma also uses narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at how past patterns affect current choices. This can help with anxiety, depression, grief, addiction and relationship concerns.
She pays attention to communication problems, codependency and issues around commitment and jealousy. People who contact her can expect a respectful, non-judgemental approach. Conversations are organised around the client’s goals and paced to their comfort.
Emma emphasises practical coping strategies alongside reflection about life patterns. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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How Emma works
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Sessions & fees
How Emma's approaches work online
Emma draws on client-centred therapy to keep conversations focused on what matters to the client, helping people identify goals and make choices that fit their life. Mindfulness practice is offered in simple ways that calm racing thoughts and improve moment-to-moment coping. Motivational interviewing is used to explore ambivalence and strengthen the willingness to try new habits or make changes.Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. Emma will talk with the person at the start about needs, goals and preferences, and then suggest ways of working together. This means the plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy around everyday life. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted, live chat allows short check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to offer flexibility and practical access to registered or accredited professionals and therapists.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
