Emily Hodson, BACP

Emily Hodson is a person-centred counsellor based in the United Kingdom who has spent the last three years focused on delivering counselling support. She draws on a longer background in mental health work to inform a compassionate, client-led practice that supports people through trauma, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem difficulties and depression.

As a qualified person-centred counsellor, Emily prioritises empathy, genuine listening and a non-judgemental atmosphere so clients can explore their feelings and grow at their own pace. She integrates mindfulness and creative interventions into sessions, offering practical techniques to help manage overwhelming moments and open up different ways of expressing experience.

Recent work in community-based creative recovery and a nine-month role as a school counsellor have shaped a flexible approach that adapts to the needs of both adults and children. This experience has expanded her range of interventions and informed alternative ways of exploring issues such as attachment, abandonment, domestic violence, isolation and mood disorders.

Emily holds BACP recognition - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which reflects her commitment to professional standards. She accepts international clients and offers therapy through multiple remote channels to increase access for people with varied schedules and needs.

Person-centred, Mindfulness and Creative Approaches Online

Emily uses person-centred therapy as a foundational approach, which involves creating a respectful, empathetic environment where clients lead the pace and focus of their work. This approach supports exploration of personal values, relationships and emotional patterns and is well suited to issues like self-esteem, grief and attachment difficulties.

She also incorporates mindfulness-based techniques to help clients notice thoughts and sensations without immediate reaction, offering practical ways to manage stress, low mood and overwhelming memories. Alongside these, Emily employs creative approaches drawn from her community creative recovery work, using artful or imaginative methods to access feelings that can be hard to express verbally and to open new pathways for insight.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Emily will work with each client to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences and situation, adapting as therapy progresses to ensure the best match.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to reach people who cannot attend in-person appointments. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, quick access to support from registered professionals, and different formats to suit how a client prefers to communicate.