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BACP Accredited Therapist
Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counselling and Psychotherapy
As a qualified and BACP accredited psychodynamic therapist, I offer individual counselling and psychotherapy to adults. I work from Tunbridge Wells, London Bridge, SE1, and online. Before training as an accredited BACP therapist I worked as a lawyer in the City and internationally.
I have a specialist interest in working with lawyers and have trained with the British Menopause Society to offer CBT for menopause.
I work with adults and professionals, leading full and often demanding careers, both locally and internationally. People who are capable and composed outwardly, even when things feel more complicated inside. Having spent years in high-pressure professional environments myself, I understand the inner and outer expectations that can come with those roles. Therapy with me offers a space to step out of that pace and explore what’s happening beneath the surface.
I work with neurodivergent adults, including autistic people and people with ADHD. This is an area that has developed naturally within my practice over many years. Sometimes, through our work together, we come to wonder whether neurodivergence may be part of the picture, with or without a formal diagnosis.
Whilst there is no one set way with therapy — and no two people experience the same circumstances in the same way — my approach is warm, steady, and insightful, attuning to the individual and their particular needs and experiences.
I am an Aviva, Cigna and Vitality Health recognised therapist.
Sessions for Lawyers
Sessions for Lawyers and Legal Professionals
A June 2026 report, Pressure Points: Mapping Women's Wellbeing in Law, found that 67% of women in the legal profession have considered changing jobs or taking a career break due to health and wellbeing concerns, with many citing stress, burnout and anxiety. Yet fewer than half felt able to raise these concerns openly at work.
As an ex-City lawyer, I offer counselling and psychotherapy sessions to women navigating this stage, whether that's burnout, a loss of identity within the profession, or a genuine crossroads about whether to stay in law at all. Male lawyers face similar pressures within a demanding profession, and I welcome sessions with men facing high workloads, perfectionism, or their own career transitions too.
You can read more about my experiences as a lawyer in The Telegraph here.
Working with Neurodivergent Adults
Working with neurodivergent adults
I work with neurodivergent adults, including autistic people and people with ADHD. This is an area that has developed naturally within my practice over many years, and I have worked with neurodivergent clients in long-term therapy. I also work with people whose partners or family members are neurodivergent.
You don't need to have a diagnosis to explore whether neurodivergence might help you make sense of your experiences. Sometimes, through our work together, it may occur to us that neurodivergence could be part of the picture. For some clients, this has led to a formal diagnosis; for others, it has simply offered a new and helpful way of understanding themselves.
A diagnosis can be an important moment of recognition, but it doesn't necessarily come with a manual for what happens next. Therapy can offer a space to think through what it means for you, your relationships and the way you want to live.
I believe that my thinking and a client's thinking, brought together in the therapy room, can help open up new ways of seeing things. Together, we can explore thoughts, experiences and patterns that may be difficult to see from inside your own experience, and find ways of understanding yourself that feel meaningful and true to you.
I am not a diagnostician, but I offer a neurodiversity-affirming space to explore identity, relationships, work, anxiety, overwhelm and the experience of living with neurodivergence.
Working Together
There is substantial research to suggest that many mental health difficulties arise in childhood and that adult mental health challenges are developmental in nature.
I provide a space and an atmosphere of support and collaboration, to begin to explore your life, and past and present experiences. Together, we will dive deep into your thoughts, emotions, desires, and fears, including current struggles, past events, and childhood memories.
This self-examination and personal discovery process offers you valuable insight and a new perspective.
How therapy can help
Our sessions can benefit you with the knowledge to solve inner conflicts, work through repressed emotions, and find relief. During our sessions, I teach you practical coping strategies to face challenging situations, boosting your resilience and adaptability.
Increasing self-awareness
Identifying your patterns and getting to know yourself enables you to make new connections and spot patterns that originate in the past. This new self-awareness can help you notice how your experiences might have shaped and continue to affect you today.
Increasing self-esteem
Recognising this truth can drive you to shift unhelpful recurring behaviours, let go of old ones, and bring about change that feels lasting, whilst increasing your self-esteem.
What We Can Talk About
People come to me with a wide range of issues. Here are some of the difficulties that can be supported through counselling and psychotherapy:
- Abuse
- Anxiety
- ADHD and autism
- Depression
- Attachment issues
- Bereavement
- Grief and loss
- Bullying
- Career challenges
- Carer support
- Birth and child related issues
- Chronic illness
- Divorce and separation
- Discrimination and dislocation
- Expat experiences and culture shock
- Health conditions causing emotional and psychological distress
- High workloads and client demands
- Identity crisis
- Life transitions
- Low self-esteem
- Menopause
- Neurodvergence
- Perfectionism and imposter syndrome
- Relationship issues
- Stress
- Racism
- Sexism
- Self–harm
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
Contact Me
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how counselling and psychotherapy works. This enables us to discuss the reasons you are thinking of coming to therapy, whether it could be helpful for you and whether I am the right therapist to help.
To book a free 15 minute consultation please click here. To book an ongoing appointment, please call me on 07344312844
or email emiliayaucounselling@gmail.com.