Emily Whalley

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Attachment work

About Emily

Emily Whalley helps people work through stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties and low self-esteem using a mix of psychotherapy approaches. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years' experience working in therapeutic organisations and online with clients internationally.

She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns and emotional responses. That can help when people feel abandoned, avoidant, or struggle with commitment and intimacy. She also draws on client-centred practice to focus on what each person brings to sessions and to support clearer self-understanding.

Existential perspectives are used to address questions about meaning, purpose and emptiness, which can be helpful for people facing career change, grief or life transitions. Jungian concepts and mindfulness practices are included where they suit a person's needs, for example when exploring body image, dissociation or habitual ways of relating to others.

In sessions she helps people name patterns such as codependency, control issues, communication problems and family of origin concerns. Practical work can cover coping strategies for anxiety and depression, dealing with aftermath of trauma and managing compassion fatigue for those affected by caring roles or stressful work.

She has experience supporting people from LGBT communities, those affected by addictions, and people coping with divorce or separation. English-language online work is offered to international clients; readers should confirm current session arrangements before booking.

How her approaches work in online sessions

Emily commonly uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns; this approach helps with intimacy issues, abandonment feelings and some communication problems. Client-centred counselling places the person's experience at the centre of the session and is useful for building self-understanding and self-esteem. Existential work addresses meaning, purpose and feelings of emptiness, which can aid people facing major life changes or grief.

Deciding which approach to use is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what helps most in early sessions and will adjust methods as needs become clearer in collaboration with the client.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking, as this biography does not specify them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, travel or family commitments, and can allow shorter check-ins when time is limited or phone conversations when video would use more bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to reach people in different locations while keeping practical arrangements flexible.

Topics Emily lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Grief
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Body image
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Multicultural concerns
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Existential Therapy
• Jungian Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Emily

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She works with general, social, health-related and existential anxiety and offers ways to break cycles of overthinking and fear.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses attachment-based, client-centred and existential approaches alongside Jungian ideas and mindfulness techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years' experience working in therapeutic organisations and providing online work with international clients.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

Yes. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she see clients outside the UK?

Yes. She accepts international clients; confirm session arrangements when you book.

How are costs handled?

Costs vary with location and sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I arrange a first session?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule your first session.