About Emma
Emma Devai is a BACP counsellor who builds therapy around honest human connection. She aims to create a respectful partnership where people feel seen and listened to. Her manner is calm, friendly and approachable, and she often uses warmth and humour when it fits the conversation.
Emma works relationally and draws on different approaches to suit each person. She describes her practice as trauma-informed and strengths-based. This means she helps people notice patterns, identify strengths and try practical steps that match their needs.
Background and approach
She has a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and Crime Control, which informs her understanding of systems such as education, social care and the criminal justice system. That background helps when talking about identity, social pressures and rebuilding confidence after difficult experiences. Emma has four years of counselling experience and has worked in schools and social care settings.
She helps people with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma and grief. She also offers support around parenting, intimacy, anger, self-esteem and ADHD. In sessions she may share her emotional responses when it feels helpful, to deepen trust and keep the work honest.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, and she adapts techniques to each person rather than using a fixed method.
How Emma uses therapeutic methods online
Emma commonly blends Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to meet different needs. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on building a trusting, non-judgemental relationship so people can explore their thoughts and feelings at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours connect and offers practical exercises to reduce anxiety and manage stress.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Emma will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then agree on methods to try. That collaborative discussion guides whether sessions focus more on exploration, practical tasks or a mix of both.
Online sessions offer several practical benefits. Video calls are useful for fuller conversations and maintaining human connection when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, shorter sessions or when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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