Emmanuelle Beer

**ONLINE ONLY**

I offer slots weekdays and evenings, and aim to be as flexible as my schedule permits.

My availability is more limited on Mondays and Wednesdays in term time, though I do have some slots in the evenings on these days. Please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to work flexibly to suit both parties' schedules.

Welcome. I'm a BACP registered therapist, having completed my core training with the BA(Hons) Person-centred Counselling & Psychotherapy. I have been counselling for 8 years, with experience working with young people & adults in different settings, including at a charity offering time-limited therapy to children & young people and at a palliative care hospice, counselling patients with life-limiting illness and bereaved family members. Alongside private practice, I've worked for a number of years at local mental health charity's crisis service, as well as in Higher Education, counselling students aged 17+.

I also have many years of training and experience in working with specific learning differences such as dyslexia & ADHD, as well as speech & language, sensory impairment and the autism spectrum. This gives me insight and ability in working therapeutically with neurodiversity, enabling me to work with clients with or without additional needs. 

Along with neurodiverse clients, or family members, and bereavement, I also have a background in working with gender dysphoria as a specialism.

The person-centred approach is the modality I work in predominantly, using creative methods or solution-focused techniques to augment my practice if preferred. I'm led by the client and it's my ethical duty to place the best interests of those I work alongside at the forefront of all of my therapeutic work.

Counselling can be helpful for so many different issues; sometimes it's not easy to even know yourself what's not feeling right. I offer a safe, non-judgmental space for you to talk things through with someone outside of your family or friends, who is neutral and completely accepting of you.

I have a calm, informal demeanour and believe you are the expert on you.

My approach places the utmost importance on the therapeutic relationship - I will always be honest, open and genuine with you and hope to build a trusting space where you feel able to explore anything you bring. Counselling can be a journey, at times taking you to places you didn't expect, and I feel privileged to be able to walk alongside on those journeys.

I offer counselling online via Google Meet or Zoom, or  by phone.  

I understand that reaching out and potentially starting work with a therapist can be a daunting experience for many. I have a dedicated phone line to contact me, and all enquiries are strictly confidential, whether you call, text, email or message. Please know that by contacting or meeting with me you are under no obligation to continue work together if you don't feel it's right for you - it's important you feel comfortable and at ease with whichever counsellor you choose.

I offer an initial chat via phone or online, free of charge, where you can ask questions, share what brings you to seek therapy and find out how you'd like to move forward from there. You don't have to make any decision right away, take the time you need. If I feel I'm not the most appropriate source for therapeutic support for you, I can assist you with onward referral.

If you decide to begin working with me, I'll forward you an agreement to sign outlining a few things for you, such as confidentiality and the limits to that (if there is risk of harm), cancellation policy, etc. We can then revisit this in our first session to clarify anything if required, before getting to know each other a bit more. 

I offer slots weekdays and evenings, and aim to be as flexible as possible.

Welcome. I'm a BACP registered psychotherapist  with 9 years experience as a therapist with both young people & adults.  I trained for 5 years, completing this with the BA(Hons) Person-centred Counselling & Psychotherapy. 

As well as working with issues such as anxiety, depression, self-harm, gender dysphoria, and personality differences such as EUPD, I'm experienced in working with neurodiversity, such as ADHD or the autistic spectrum, and bereavement,

I have extensive experience & qualifications in supporting specific learning differences; speech & language; sensory impairment and autism. 

I've further trained in working therapeutically with neurodiversity, as well as a research paper on Person-centred Psychotherapy & Autism. 

This background, and my own personal experience, support my work with clients both with or without additional needs. 

As a neurodiversity-affirming therapist I'm always looking to add ways to increase inclusivity for all individuals in my practice.

I'm DBS checked and regularly update Safeguarding training, both Vulnerable Adults and Children & Young People.

I'm trained in Trauma Informed Care (SABP, NHS) and Mental Health First Aid.

I understand that reaching out and potentially starting work with a therapist can be daunting. All enquiries are strictly confidential, and please know that by contacting or meeting with me you are under no obligation to continue work together if you don't feel it's right for you.

I offer an initial 20-30 minute chat via phone or online, free of charge, to enable you to see how we fit. You don't have to make any decision right away, take the time you need.

I can give you a copy of my counselling agreement at this time, or before we start, giving information about things like confidentiality, cancellations & my responsibility to you, all standard stuff; we can go through this together in our first session to check it's all clear.