Emily Foord, BACP

Emily Foord offers collaborative integrative counselling that focuses on practical change. She presents a calm, non-judgemental approach and helps people take small, steady steps towards feeling more connected and authentic. She is introduced here as a counsellor who asks questions and listens closely so clients can discover what works for them.

Her work draws on a background in psychology and counselling. She uses methods that suit each person rather than one fixed model. Sessions can include exploring emotions, noticing unhelpful patterns, and trying new ways of responding to stress or relationship difficulties.

Emily has six years of professional experience in addiction and mental health settings. That time included delivering group work, one-to-one therapy and psycho-educational sessions in residential services, as well as charitable counselling. This experience shapes how she supports people facing difficult life changes and ongoing struggles.

She holds a BSc degree in Psychology and a Diploma in Integrative Counselling, and she is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her additional training covers motivational interviewing, radically open dialectical behavioural therapy, and nutrition.

People come to her for many concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, stress, addictions, parenting strain and family of origin difficulties. She also works with issues such as obsessive or compulsive behaviour, panic, phobias, and feelings of guilt or shame. Sessions aim to be straightforward, practical and paced to the individual.

How Emily marries approaches to online counselling

Emily describes her work as integrative, drawing on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match the needs of each person. For example, motivational interviewing focuses on helping someone find their own reasons and motivation to change behaviour, which is useful for addictions and ambivalence about change. Radically open dialectical behavioural therapy aims to help people notice rigid emotional patterns and practise more flexible ways of relating, helpful for intense emotions, shame or social isolation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to decide which methods to try, checks progress, and adjusts the plan as goals and circumstances change. Clients take an active role in choosing what feels useful and realistic.

The original biography did not specify which online or remote session formats are used, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins between appointments. It can also allow quieter, shorter check-ins when energy or time is limited. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can offer helpful support through a range of approaches adapted to work at a distance.