About Emily
Emily Foord is a counsellor who aims to help people make practical changes in their lives. She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support those feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, compulsions or relationship pain. Emily holds a BSc in Psychology and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
She frames therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions focus on understanding patterns, trying small changes and building self-compassion.
Background and approach
Emily draws on her background working in addiction and mental health settings to offer clear, grounded support rather than instruction. Her experience includes several years in residential addiction and mental health treatment, where she ran both group and individual sessions and led psycho-educational work. She also spent time providing counselling in the charity sector, which informs her practical, person-centred style.
Emily works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive difficulties and issues around intimacy and family of origin. She also supports people coping with addictions, process-driven behaviours and life transitions. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful cycles and practise different responses.
Conversations are kept simple and focused on what is useful right now. Clients are helped to set achievable goals and try out new ways of managing feelings and relationships. Her approach suits people who want straightforward, evidence-informed counselling that balances gentle challenge with practical tools.
Emily offers support in English and accepts international clients for online work.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Emily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and improved emotional coping. One common approach she uses helps people identify unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, then try small, manageable experiments to change them. This method is helpful for anxiety, panic, phobias and obsessive-compulsive habits. Another approach emphasises emotional regulation and interpersonal connection, teaching skills to notice strong feelings and respond differently in relationships and stressful moments. That work supports people struggling with anger, intimacy issues and compassion fatigue.Choosing an approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options in early sessions and tailor methods to what the client needs and prefers. This is a collaborative process where goals and practical steps are agreed over time rather than imposed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when more nuance is needed. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to stay in touch between sessions or to work through thoughts without being on camera. These formats help people fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping a steady course of support from registered professionals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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