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Emily Hodson, BACP
- Credentials
- BACP
- Experience
- 3 years
- Practising in
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Sessions
- Online only
- Client ages
- Adults, 18 and over
Works with Trauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemDepression
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Emily Hodson offers calm, practical support for people facing loss, low mood, or painful past experiences. She focuses on what matters now and helps people take small steps towards clearer thinking and steadier days. Emily uses everyday language and creative tools so conversations feel manageable, not overwhelming.
She trained as a person-centred counsellor and holds BACP accreditation, which means she follows recognised professional standards. Over the last three years she has concentrated on counselling work and has experience in community and school settings.
Background and approach
This background has shaped a flexible, responsive style. Sessions often include mindful exercises and creative techniques, chosen to fit the person in front of her. Emily pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, and to issues that affect mood and self-worth.
She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, parenting pressures and postpartum depression. People who need help with control problems, feelings of guilt and shame, or loneliness find a practical focus in sessions. She also works with neurodiversity matters such as autism and Asperger Syndrome, and with intellectual disability concerns where appropriate.
The work aims to make emotional problems easier to understand and manage. Emily offers counselling in English and accepts international clients. Appointments can run via video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Emily draws on person-centred ways of working that prioritise the person over the problem and helps people feel heard and understood. This approach is useful for building coping strategies, improving self-esteem, and working through grief or low mood.She also integrates mindfulness practices to help manage overwhelming feelings and to bring attention back to the present moment. Mindful exercises can reduce rumination and support emotional regulation during stressful times.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and is decided together. The therapist will check goals, notice what helps, and adjust methods to match the client’s needs and preferences. This collaborative stance means approaches can shift as progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine. Video calls suit deeper conversations where seeing each other matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Chat and messaging offer a flexible way to reflect between live sessions and to fit therapy into busy days.
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
Contacting Emily
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