About Emma
Emma Louise Sharkey is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who supports people facing stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She also works with trauma and abuse, low mood and issues with self-esteem. Emma uses a calm, respectful approach and believes people know their own story best.
She explains things simply and keeps sessions focused on what the person wants to change. Emma draws on client-centred therapy to follow each person’s pace and priorities.
Background and approach
She also uses trauma-focused methods and EMDR when relevant to help process difficult memories. Emma has three years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation, which shows she meets standards set by that body. She helps people tackle practical problems such as sleeping and eating difficulties, addiction concerns, grief and career stress.
She also supports those dealing with life changes, ADHD-related struggles and issues linked to adoption, abandonment and caregiving stress. Sessions cover both immediate coping skills and longer-term goals. Emma blends gentle listening with concrete steps to reduce overwhelm, improve communication and build confidence.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aiming to make each meeting feel like a useful next step. People who choose to work with Emma can expect a collaborative process. She will talk through options and adapt the approach as needs evolve, helping to set realistic goals and pace the work according to what feels manageable.
Approaches that suit online therapy and trauma work
Client-centred therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and pace, with the counsellor reflecting and clarifying so the person feels heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk things through and to set practical next steps.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that works with distressing memories to reduce their emotional intensity. It can help people who have vivid memories or strong reactions linked to past events. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to access thoughts and behaviours that someone wishes to change, and it can be useful for anxiety, sleep or habit-related issues.
Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss options, explain what each method involves and help decide what fits the person’s needs and preferences. Plans can change over time as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when video is not convenient, and live chat or text-based messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and to continue work from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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