- Integrative counsellor
- BACP
- Collaborative approach
About Emily
Emily Foord is a BACP counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress and addictive behaviours. She offers calm, practical support and works alongside clients to find what helps them most. Emily aims to make therapy straightforward and usable for everyday life.
She uses an integrative approach that draws on her diploma in Integrative Counselling and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Emily has experience leading group and individual work in residential addiction and mental health settings, and she has provided charitable counselling. This background means she is familiar with addiction-related issues and emotional patterns that can underlie repeated behaviours.
Sessions often look at patterns that keep difficulties going, such as attachment and family of origin issues, codependency, or unhelpful coping habits. Practical tools from approaches like motivational interviewing and elements of dialectical methods can be offered to help people change behaviours and manage strong emotions. She also supports people dealing with panic attacks, phobias, obsessive thinking, grief and relationship strains.
Emily combines gentle challenge with encouragement to build self-compassion and resilience. She helps clients break problems into small steps and practise different ways of coping between sessions. Her way of working is collaborative - she listens, reflects back what she hears, and supports people to make choices that feel right for them.
Clients come for help with work stress, parenting pressures, intimacy and communication problems, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, or the isolation that can follow life changes. Emily is based in the United Kingdom and works in English.
How therapeutic approaches fit with online therapy
Emily uses integrative counselling and draws on motivational interviewing as part of her approach. Integrative counselling combines techniques from different approaches so sessions can focus on what helps a person most, whether that is exploring early attachment patterns or practising new coping skills. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-focused way to help people find their own reasons to change, often useful for addictions and behaviour change.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try out methods together to see what feels useful. This collaborative process means therapy can be tailored as needs become clearer over time.
Practical benefits of online therapy can include fitting sessions into busy days and keeping work or family travel from interrupting care. Online work can also make it easier to maintain continuity when life is changing. The exact session formats available with this counsellor are not listed here, so please confirm the current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can help match approach and format to your needs and schedule.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Emily commonly help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety and addictive behaviours, and also supports issues such as panic attacks, phobias, obsessive thinking, relationship and parenting strains.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The style is collaborative and practical, with reflective listening and small, achievable steps to change unhelpful patterns.
What professional background does she bring?
Emily has around six years of professional experience including residential addiction work and charitable counselling, plus training in motivational interviewing and dialectical approaches.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients able to work with her?
She accepts international clients, though practical arrangements should be checked before booking.
How are session formats organised?
Current session formats are not specified here, so please confirm the available options with the service when booking.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the listed availability.