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Emma Pearson, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Emma Pearson

London SE1 English, French
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Emma Pearson, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Emma Pearson

London SE1 English, French
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My Approach

I trained over five years at the Metanoia Institute in west London, one of the leading training institutions in the UK in counselling and psychotherapy.

I have an MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Middlesex University in collaboration with Metanoia Institute. I also have a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling, both from the Metanoia Institute.

I have a Certificate in Working with Couples from Juliet Grayson's Therapy and Counselling training programme, accredited by the National Council of Integrative Psychotherapists (NCIP).

I am a Full Clinical Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also a member of the Metanoia Institute and I adhere to both organisations’ Codes of Ethics.

As well as working in private practice since 2018, I have worked for two community-based counselling services in West London. I have a degree (BA Hons) from Manchester University. My first career was as a UK national news journalist. I then went to live and work abroad in several countries in Africa before settling in Kent with my family.

I was inspired to become a psychotherapist by my own empowering experience of being a client over several years.

About Me

We all face different struggles in our lives. You may be feeling lost or overwhelmed. Your relationship may feel stuck. I believe that when we take the time to explore our experiences and feelings, with someone who has learned to listen and respond with genuine care and curiosity, we can engage in our lives more wholeheartedly and reconnect with hope, humour and passion.

I am an experienced humanistic, integrative psychotherapist. I've been in private practice since 2018, when I qualified. I work with individual adults and couples. I see us all as having a tendency towards wholeness, growth and healing given the opportunity. I see my role as providing that opportunity to those who may need it, for themselves or for their relationship.

I have an interactive, warm and down-to-earth style. My aim is to provide an empathic balance between support and challenge so we can explore and confront whatever feels relevant, in the now and in the past. I have worked with many people who have found that it is possible to feel more at ease.

I work in London Bridge, in central Tunbridge Wells and online. When you contact me please let me know which location or mode you are interested in and I can let you know what space I may have. It's also helpful to know what brings you to therapy in a sentence or two. If our availability matches, we can arrange a brief free-of-charge phone call to discuss what brings you to therapy. I can also answer any questions you may have about how we might work together, and we can see if we want to set up an initial session.

I work with

  • Couples
  • Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

The world may feel like it's becoming more chaotic, precarious and difficult to make sense of. You may be feeling like you're caught in an onslaught of global events, natural disasters, climate change and biodiversity loss, economic instability, technological change and political polarisation. The personal impact can be hard to identify as it creeps up slowly. Maybe you have become aware of a chronic low-grade anxiety or a difficulty in making longer-term plans such as having children, committing to a relationship or a career. You may feel you are too glued to the news, but you can't look away either. Are you mourning for a way of life that you feel is disappearing? We can find ourselves making our world smaller to feel safer, retreating. Or we might be increasingly seeking comfort in bad habits that distract us from the things we feel powerless to control. It can feel like it's taboo to talk about these causes of distress, and we can feel like we should just get on with it, but I want you to know this can be taken seriously. It can be an enormous relief just to be able to talk openly and honestly about your feelings and experiences. To understand your individual response, it may also be useful for us to explore how you have learned to be in the world and in relationships. In this way we may be able to help you find some steadier ground for yourself. We may also be able to figure out how you can build internal and external support, how you might be able to act and contribute rather than feeling helpless or hopeless, and how to bear what you can't change.
Living with a family member who has or develops a chronic illness or disability changes the lives of everyone around them, for better and for worse. I am particularly interested in the impacts on siblings. This is an area of research that is gaining interest now, but that has been largely ignored for a long time leaving many well siblings feeling unseen and unheard. They may have acted out and become the difficult child. Or they may have not wanted to rock the boat and stepped up to fulfil their parents' wishes. Or they may have focussed on being the carer and playmate their unwell brother or sister needed. While this can bring great rewards, it can mean forgoing your chance to be your full self which can have knock on impacts later in life, when trying to negotiate relationships and friendships.
If you are caught in an ongoing conflict with your partner it can be devastating and exhausting. I know it can feel like a big leap of faith to let a stranger into such a private space, but it can be really beneficial to have a third person, a professional, hold a space for you both to explore what's gone wrong. When your relationship feels stuck, you may have these kinds of thoughts: • We used to be so close and have so much fun, but things seem to have drifted and we don't know how to reach out to each other anymore. • We just can't talk about what's gone wrong between us. It feels too hard. I feel so guilty and they're so angry. We are just creeping around each other. • We seem to be caught in an endless argument. I can't say anything right. I can't stand all this fighting. • We've tried to talk and just come away feeling more bruised. We've hurt each other so badly, can we ever recover? Couples may seek therapy because of what feels like endless arguing. It might be because you've lost the connection between you or you're wanting different things. It may be that sex has become boring, non-existent. You may be going through a difficult transition becoming parents, moving in together, getting married, moving country, becoming empty-nesters, moving into retirement. The issue may be the aftermath of an affair. And if the relationship seems to have reached an end, I offer a safe space for you both to make sense of what's happened and explore separation or divorce. We would explore whatever is going wrong in your relationship, holding space for both of you to share your thoughts and feelings. We would consider the relational patterns you each learned in childhood. We would work on how to talk about feelings or manage disagreements more constructively. I may give you some exercises to try out in your own time, between sessions, to help you build new skills for relating to each other better. And if the relationship seems to have run out of road, we can work on how you can reach that point with mutual understanding and acceptance. I am also open to working with other kinds of pairs, such as parent-adult child, siblings, friends.
My work centres on relationships, what can go wrong in our relationships, and the trauma that can result. I see us as all living in an interconnected web of relationships - from how we experience ourselves, to how we feel with our partners, family members, friends and colleagues. I think we also need to pay attention to our relationship with our wider world - this might mean thinking about how we sit within our environment, our community or our culture. All these kinds of relationships are central to being human. We can be wounded in relationships, and sometimes that results in trauma, but we can also be healed in relationships. And a healing relationship is what I offer.
Trauma disconnects you from yourself and others, and therapy can help you to feel more connected again, to yourself, others and to the world around you. When you have been abused, neglected or abandoned your entire pattern for relating with others can be damaged. You may feel it's all your fault. You can get caught in fight, flight, freeze or fawn. Your nervous system may be working overtime. You don't feel safe. You may be finding it hard to trust anyone and feeling alone. What has happened may feel unsayable. Your trauma may also be a terrible loss or illness at a difficult time of life. It may be a sudden event that has turned your life upside down. Maybe it didn't happen directly to you, but to someone close to you and you can't make sense of why it's impacted you. Working with trauma is about building trust between us so you can safely process whatever arises, whatever you may need to bring. Our hope is that via this process you will gradually begin to feel safer, more in control and more connected again.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Humanistic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Bullying
  • Chronic Illness
  • Couple Issues
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family
  • Health-related Issues
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Online Counselling
  • Parents
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Race Issues
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Trauma

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy

London Office

The Practice Rooms - London Bridge
2 Union Street
London SE1 1SZ
United Kingdom

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Cost:

Individiuals - £80 - £85 depending on the time of day
Couples - £120

Concession:

I am able to offer one space in my London practice at a concessionary rate to a student with no income or someone on a low income.

Tunbridge Wells Office

The Practice Rooms - Tunbridge Wells
96 High Street
Tunbridge Wells TN1 1YF
United Kingdom

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Cost:

Individuals - £70 - £75 depending on time of day
Couples - £90

Concession:

I am able to offer one space in my Tunbridge Wells practice to a student with no income or someone on a low income.

UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
Emma Pearson

Emma Pearson

London SE1
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