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Emma Goulding
Now Welcoming New & Returning Clients.
In-person Counselling in Caversham, Reading & Online Counselling across the UK.
Please get in touch to arrange an initial conversation.
Welcome to my website
Well done for being open to embracing therapy and change – it takes courage.
I believe in looking at each person holistically – getting to know you as a whole person, understanding where you are now, the unique experiences that have shaped you, and how your past may still be influencing how you feel, relate and live today.
My approach is genuine, warm and human. Building a trusting therapeutic relationship is at the heart of how I work. I want you to feel able to be yourself, explore things openly and, through greater understanding and self-awareness, feel increasingly empowered in the present.
My main approach is integrative counselling, drawing on person-centred and psychodynamic therapy. This allows us to explore and understand how your past may have shaped you, while also focusing on what you are experiencing and what you may want to change in your life now.
When we work together, I am dedicated to getting to know you and your unique life experiences in depth, so that we can tailor therapy to you as an individual. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.
Together, we can begin to understand patterns, experiences or parts of yourself that you may not previously have been fully aware of, alleviate the impact that past experiences may still be having, and explore new ways of being.
It can be quite a journey – often moving, profound and empowering. My style combines warmth with genuine curiosity, helping you reconnect with your authentic self while supporting growth and change in the here and now.
There are many different reasons people come to therapy, and you don’t need to have everything figured out before you begin. It is completely okay for things to feel unclear at the start. Often, it is through therapy that we develop a deeper understanding of ourselves and what we need.
I also have additional training in clinical hypnotherapy, which can be incorporated into our work where appropriate and if it feels right for you. Alongside counselling and conscious exploration, hypnotherapy can offer another way of working with less conscious thoughts, feelings and patterns.
Through therapy, we can begin to heal from past experiences while also creating space for personal growth, greater freedom and expression in the present.
Ultimately, I hope to help you reconnect with your authentic self, feel more empowered in your life now, and move towards the person you want to be.
THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLOR PGDip, MBACP
CLINICAL HYPNOTHERAPIST
DHP, MAPHP, NRPC
BSC PSYCHOLOGY FIRST CLASS HONS
Find out more about the way I work & my experience
WHAT IS
COUNSELLING AND HYPNOTHERAPY?
I integrate various forms of therapy to explore a persons conscious and unconscious mind. All sorts of things happen through our lives and our brain can "hook in" our reaction to these at an unconscious level. Especially as children, especially if traumatic or perceived to be. The brain has a powerful response to protect ourselves yet this can often become unhelpful later in life as we develop anxieties and ingrained unhelpful thoughts and beliefs.
Counselling involves engaging consciously as a talking therapy with a trained therapist listening to you and helping you to deal with emotional issues, to connect more fully to your authentic self, your needs and move toward personal growth. The therapist and client can notice what may be happening at an unconscious level and work on bringing any stored emotions "up and out" into conscious awareness. Helping to alleviate any stored impact and gain more conscious control of your thoughts and life.
Hypnotherapy involves relaxing the nervous system and brain and then delivering therapeutic techniques. So that the top down attempt to filter information is bypassed – this is effective to move past ingrained patterns of thinking. Allowing a person an opportunity to be guided to think about something in a different way, to experience something more positively and with more ease. Hypnotherapy therefore allows for much faster, much more effortless and profound change. Rather than your conscious mind constantly looking down the well of what “comes up” from your subconscious mind and arguing with it to stop and to change…. There’s no need for so much work – once you access your subconscious and free it directly – you will feel freer.
So EMBRACE the PROCESS and CHANGE NOW - it's exciting!
Practically therapy means seeing a Therapist weekly or at regular slots either for short term or open-ended work, for as long as you would like.
This can be assessed and reviewed between client and therapist - it is your CHOICE.
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Offering Counselling in Caversham, Emmer Green, Sonning Common, Henley, Whitchurch, Sonning, Woodley, Reading. I am MBACP registered and offer counselling for children and young people, adolescents, teenagers and adults. Counselling loss, grief, bereavment, eating disorders, depression, stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, low confidence, chronic illness, relationship issues, family issues, obesity, anorexia, bulimia, PTSD, phobias, low mood, gender identity issues, sexual issues, sexual abuse. I counsel from Caversham, Reading. I am a therapist working in Reading. Integrative counsellor, integrative therapist, psychodynamic counsellor, person-centred counsellor, child counsellor in Reading.
I BELIEVE IN EMPOWERING YOU
Your Experience Your Choice Your Voice