Emma Catto

Are you struggling with difficult feelings such as anxiety or grief? Are you facing a life challenge? Do you want to understand yourself better and live more freely?

I have been working in the field of health and wellbeing supporting clients on a one-to-one basis since the late 1990s. I am a senior student of Core Process Psychotherapy, a contemplative, mindfulness-based approach. I am registered with UKCP (student membership), fully insured and supervised.

My intention is to meet whatever you bring with compassion, curiosity and presence. My approach is relational and embodied. The pace and direction of our work is set by you.

Often our difficulties stem from relationships, either with ourselves or with others. Psychotherapy is based on building a therapeutic relationship which welcomes all of our humanness into the room. This offers the possibility of greater insight which can then be taken into your daily life. Such insight invites us to challenge stuck patterns and to live more freely.

I have many years’ experience of working with the body; this embodied awareness is an integral part of exploring what is happening in the here and now.

My work is underpinned by a committed, consistent yoga, meditation and mindfulness practice.

I work with a wide range of emotional, behavioural and relationship issues, including but not limited to: anxiety, depression, bereavement and other forms of loss, relationship difficulties, confidence issues, issues with attachment, life transitions, hopelessness and loneliness, guilt, anger, fear, stress and childhood trauma.

I have experience working with neurodiverse adults and parents of neurodiverse children.

While I complete my training, I am happy to offer a sliding scale of £20-£60 depending on income.

I’m happy to meet you in person or online.

Once we connect, I’ll let you know my availability and we can arrange an initial session. This gives us the opportunity to see if we want to work together. There’s no obligation to continue beyond this meeting and it is offered free of charge.

Sessions can be either short or long term, depending on your needs. I advise that we work together for 6 weeks and then have a review of whether to continue. This initial 6 weeks can be helpful in its own right.