Emma Bisdee

I am available Monday - Friday 

I am a qualified Integrative Counsellor and work with adults and young people experiencing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.

My approach combines Person-Centred and Psychodynamic counselling. I believe that each person is unique and that you are the expert on your own life. My role is to provide a safe, compassionate and supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts, feelings and experiences without judgement. 

I am fully insured and work in accordance with the BACP Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions.

As well as being a counsellor I am a qualified medical hypnotherapist and mindfulness teacher.  I believe that our emotional wellbeing is an important part of our overall health and by getting to know ourselves better we can tap into our inner resources to help us strengthen resilience and mental strength.  

My aim is to provide a safe and compassionate space where you feel listened to and free to be yourself. It is important to remember that patience with yourself and the process is important because it does take time and will not happen overnight.

As your counsellor I will endeavour to understand where you are and how you are feeling and try to help you to make more sense of what is happening in your life and where appropriate help you to put plans in place to make any changes you wish to make. You will remain in control of your therapeutic journey and we will work at a pace that is right for you. 

I offer an initial free telephone conversation to chat through what you hoping to get out of counselling. Then if you decide to go ahead I will send you a contract to read through and sign together with a form for basic information about you and my privacy notice. The contract does not hold you to continuing the counselling with me, but it explains exactly how I work. 

Our first session is an opportunity for us to get to know one another and explore what has brought you to counselling. It also gives us both the chance to decide whether we feel we can work together effectively.