Emily Whalley, BACP

Emily Whalley is a UK-registered therapist with three years of clinical experience who supports people navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, intimacy-related issues, addictions, grief, self-esteem struggles, and challenges connected to family, career, and identity. Emily also has focused experience with attachment and abandonment issues, dissociation, codependency, and the ripple effects of childhood and relational trauma.

Emily has worked in therapeutic organisations and provides online therapy to clients across the world. Her practice is informed by an integrative lens that draws on existential thinking, psychodynamic perspectives, parts work, and somatic methods to help people make sense of their inner experience and their relationships. She emphasises the therapeutic relationship as central - offering a warm, non-judgmental space where clients can explore emotions, process past hurts, and develop greater self-compassion and resilience.

Holding BACP membership - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - Emily follows professional standards in her work. She collaborates with clients to identify meaningful goals, tailor interventions to individual needs, and support practical steps toward feeling more grounded, connected, and able to move forward at a pace that feels right.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Emily draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotional safety, helping people who struggle with abandonment, trust, or closeness to form more secure ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy is used to create an empathic, non-directive space where a person’s own goals and pace guide the work - this approach supports self-exploration, self-esteem, and decision-making. Existential Therapy helps people examine meaning, choice, and responsibility in the face of life transitions, grief, and feelings of emptiness, encouraging a clearer sense of values and direction.

Deciding which approach fits best is part of the therapeutic process. Emily works collaboratively with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting methods over time so the work remains relevant and helpful.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to access regular therapy from different locations and at flexible times. For many people this remote format supports continuity of care, makes scheduling simpler, and allows sessions to fit more naturally into daily life while still offering skilled support from a registered professional.