Emma Dalgleish, BACP
22 years in practice
Emma Dalgleish is a UK-registered counsellor with 22 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- BACP
- 154741 · expires March 2026
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Emma
Emma Dalgleish is a UK-registered counsellor with 22 years of professional experience. She works with people facing relationship and intimacy problems, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety and mood difficulties. Emma aims to meet people where they are and adapt her approach to each person’s situation.
She uses a calm, respectful style and focuses on compassion and honesty. Sessions are intended to be practical and straightforward so people can begin to make small changes.
Background and approach
Emma describes her manner as empathic and non-judgemental, and she prioritises listening before offering ideas. Emma blends talking therapies and reflective techniques to help clients understand patterns and find workable steps forward. She helps people sort out relationship conflicts, intimacy-related concerns, and the emotional impact of loss or trauma.
She also supports those managing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem and addiction-related issues. Emma has experience across a wide range of life challenges, including parenting strain, career stress, chronic illness, body image and neurodiversity-related concerns. She adapts methods to each person's needs rather than applying a fixed programme.
Expect an approach focused on the person, not the label. Sessions can include practical exercises, guided reflection and conversational work that explores feelings and choices. The aim is to help people build clearer thinking, stronger coping and healthier connections with others.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Emma lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Emma names
- Hypnotherapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches online and what they offer
Hypnotherapy uses focused attention and guided imagery to help people access inner resources and change unhelpful patterns. It can be useful for anxiety, sleep difficulties, habit change and some aspects of trauma-related stress.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current ones. It helps people explore patterns in close relationships and develop safer ways of connecting and trusting others.
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the individual's experience. The therapist offers empathic listening and reflection so people can find their own solutions and build confidence in their choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Emma will discuss options and tailor a mix of methods based on a person's goals, preferences and life situation. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and client test what helps and adjust as needed.
Online sessions offer flexibility and convenience. Video calls approximate face-to-face conversations, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging can be used for ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and life commitments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems can Emma help with?
She supports people with relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, stress and addiction concerns, among many others.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is empathic, honest and non-judgemental. She listens first and adapts methods to fit each person's needs.
How long has she been practising?
Emma has 22 years of professional experience working in counselling and related roles.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
Emma offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose what suits them best.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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