Emma Bourquin, BACP

Emma Bourquin is a United Kingdom based therapist with 12 years of professional experience, offering compassionate, client-centred support for a wide range of emotional challenges. She works with people dealing with stress and anxiety, depression, grief and loss, relationship and family concerns, parenting difficulties, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, anger, sleep problems and life transitions. Emma also has a particular interest in supporting clients facing challenges related to ADHD, autism and Asperger Syndrome, postpartum and perinatal issues, caregiver stress, intellectual disability, and young adult concerns.

Emma tailors conversations and treatment plans to the individual, combining sensitivity with practical guidance to help clients build coping skills and increase resilience. She encourages a collaborative approach that respects each person’s background and goals, and she acknowledges the courage it takes to begin therapy. Emma holds BACP credentials - membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - indicating alignment with professional practice standards in the UK. Her practice is geared toward creating a respectful, empathetic space where clients can explore their priorities and work toward meaningful change.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Support

Emma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s needs. One common focus is skills-based work to help manage stress and anxiety, teaching practical strategies for coping with unhelpful thoughts and overwhelming feelings and supporting improved day-to-day functioning. Another area of emphasis is grief and loss work, which combines emotional processing with paced planning to help people find ways to adjust after significant changes and bereavement.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Emma collaborates with clients to identify which methods suit their goals, preferences and life circumstances, adapting plans as progress is made and priorities evolve so that therapy feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, family and other commitments, allow continuity of care when travel is difficult, and provide different formats so clients can choose how they feel most comfortable engaging with a registered professional and therapist.