Counsellor profile
Emma Louise Sharkey, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and trauma
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 413369
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Codependency concerns
- EMDR and trauma work
- Person-centred approach
About Emma
Emma Louise Sharkey is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and addiction. She also supports those dealing with codependency and related concerns such as communication and control issues.
Emma uses a person-focused way of working. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them notice the strengths they already have. Sessions are practical and conversational. The aim is to make decisions and small changes that feel manageable in day-to-day life.
Her clinical approaches include client-centred therapy, trauma-focused methods and EMDR. These approaches are used to help people process difficult memories, reduce distressing symptoms and develop clearer boundaries. Hypnotherapy is also available where it fits the client's goals and preferences.
In early sessions she listens to what matters most and helps set simple, concrete goals. She balances talking through feelings with techniques to reduce overwhelming reactions and improve sleep, appetite or mood. This can help when someone is stuck in people-pleasing behaviour or keeps putting others first at their own expense.
Emma works in English and accepts international clients. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and to schedule their first session online. The cost varies by location and sessions run on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How Emma uses trauma work and client-led approaches online
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client. It helps people clarify values, notice strengths and decide small steps they can try between sessions. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that aims to reduce the intensity of distressing memories through structured sets of processing; it is often used for trauma and abuse. Trauma-focused therapy combines talking and practical skills to reduce overwhelming reactions and improve daily functioning.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Emma will review what you want to change and discuss which methods might help. This is a collaborative process and she will check progress and adjust the plan as you work together.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel time, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments, or choosing a session style that suits how you like to work. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt EMDR or trauma-focused work to online sessions when appropriate, and the therapist will explain practical arrangements during the first contact.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addictions and codependency-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and conversational. She treats clients as the expert on their life and works to set small, practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How is pricing handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions operate via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select 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 you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.