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Emma Harratt

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Emma Harratt, BACP

United Kingdom

Counsellor - Anger and self-esteem

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Key details

  • CredentialsBACP
  • RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 400216
  • Experience5 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationUnited Kingdom

About

  • Client-Centred therapy
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Motivational interviewing

About Emma

Emma Harratt is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years of professional experience in the UK. She works with people facing low self-esteem, trouble finding motivation, life transitions, stress and anxiety. Her practice also addresses addictions, grief, anger and depression alongside relationship and family concerns.

Emma uses practical conversation to help people understand what is driving their reactions. She listens for patterns in how someone talks about themselves and their relationships. From there she helps people try different ways of responding and noticing what changes.

Her sessions draw on client-centred work that supports personal choice and on mindfulness techniques to calm racing thoughts. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people who feel stuck, and narrative and psychodynamic ideas to look at deeper patterns that repeat over time.

Emma aims to make sessions straightforward and down-to-earth. She focuses on small, manageable steps rather than big promises. That can mean working on communication skills, setting short-term goals, or learning ways to reduce impulsive reactions.

People who come to her often want help with anger that shows up at home or work, recurring resentment, or snapping at people they care about. She asks practical questions about daily routines and relationships, then co-creates a plan to try in between sessions.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s choices and priorities first. In practice this means sessions focus on what matters most to the client and the counsellor follows the client’s lead to work through anger, confidence, or life changes.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to reduce reactivity. It helps when anger feels automatic by training people to notice bodily signals and thought patterns before they act.

Motivational Interviewing is a short-term method for people who feel stuck. It uses straightforward questions to uncover what someone cares about and to build small steps toward change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will talk through options with the client and decide together which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences. That collaborative choice can be reviewed as things change over time.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins, or meeting across different locations. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices and motivational tasks for remote sessions so people can practise them between meetings.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

CodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesJealousyYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

5+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she work with?

She helps with low self-esteem, stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, anger and depression, along with relationship and family issues.

What is her therapeutic style?

She works in a conversational, client-centred way and uses mindfulness to manage thoughts and feelings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience working with people in the United Kingdom.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Does she work in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.

Which session formats are available?

The original biography does not list session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions are paid through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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