Emma Mccartney
A practical, empathetic counsellor
About Emma
Emma Mccartney uses a client-centred approach to meet people where they are. She works in clear, practical ways and focuses on what matters most to each person. Emma holds NCPS and has three years of professional experience in the UK.
She speaks English and supports international clients through online work. Emma helps people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing depression. She offers practical steps to rebuild confidence and motivation.
Background and approach
She also works with LGBT concerns, grief, and issues around addiction and anger. Her sessions often look at relationship and communication problems, attachment patterns, and the impact of past trauma. Emma pays attention to how feelings like shame, guilt and emptiness show up in everyday life.
She also addresses parenting pressures, blended family challenges and fatherhood concerns when they come up. Emma uses a mix of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She may also include psychodynamic ideas to explore patterns from the past, and hypnotherapy where appropriate.
Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and book sessions that fit their schedule. Sessions are delivered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different needs.
What Emma works with
How Emma works
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Listed by Emma among the ways they work.
Listed by Emma among the ways they work.
Listed by Emma among the ways they work.
Listed by Emma among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Emma often combines Client-Centred Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to make online sessions practical and personal. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead, helping them feel understood and valued. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect, offering tools to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic.Emma also uses mindfulness techniques to help people manage stress and stay present in difficult moments. Mindfulness practices can be short exercises used between sessions to reduce reactivity and build calm in daily life. These approaches are chosen with the person rather than imposed, so the therapist and client work together to find what fits best for the issue and the person's goals.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to connect from different locations. Video calls offer a close approximation of face-to-face work, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options give flexibility while keeping therapy focused on real, practical change.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
