Emma Pearson, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Emma Pearson

Tunbridge Wells TN2 English, French
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Emma Pearson, UKCP Accredited Psychotherapist

Emma Pearson

Tunbridge Wells TN2 English, French
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My Approach

I trained over five years at the Metanoia Institute in west London, one of the leading training institutions in the UK in counselling and psychotherapy.

I have an MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Middlesex University in collaboration with Metanoia Institute, and accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the main organisational body for psychotherapy in the UK. I also have a Postgraduate Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling, both from the Metanoia Institute.

I am a Full Clinical Member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). I am also a member of the Metanoia Institute and I adhere to both organisations’ Codes of Ethics.

As well as working in private practice since 2018, I have worked for two community-based counselling services in West London. I have a degree (BA Hons) from Manchester University. My first career was as a UK national news journalist. I then went to live and work abroad in several countries in Africa before settling in Kent with my family.

I was inspired to become a psychotherapist by my own empowering experience of being a client over several years.

About Me

We all face different struggles in our lives. I believe that when we take the time to explore our experiences and feelings, with someone who has learned to listen and respond with genuine care and curiosity, we can feel better ‘met’ in the world, to be able to engage in our lives more wholeheartedly, to reconnect with hope, humour and passion.

I work within the humanistic integrative philosophy which means I see us all as having a tendency towards wholeness, growth and healing given the opportunity. I see my role as providing that opportunity, by offering you a real, safe and trusting therapeutic relationship.

My aim is to provide you with an empathic balance between support and challenge so we can explore and confront whatever feels relevant to you, in the now and in the past. I believe our work together can help you to address the difficulties you face; to achieve more balance in your life; to feel more fulfilled in your work and relationships; to find a place of greater awareness and acceptance.

I work from rooms in Central London, near Chancery Lane tube, in rooms in central Tunbridge Wells, from my home in Tunbridge Wells (TN4) and online. When you contact me please let me know which location or mode you are interested in and I can let you know what space I may have. It's also helpful to know what brings you to therapy in a sentence or two. If our availability matches, we can arrange a brief phone call to discuss what brings you to therapy. I can also answer any questions you may have about how we might work together, and we can see if we want to set up an initial session.

I work with

  • Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Living with a family member who has or develops a chronic illness changes the lives of everyone around them, for better and for worse. I am interested in the impacts on family members, particularly on siblings. This is an area of research that is gaining interest now, but that has been largely ignored for a long time leaving many well siblings feeling unseen and unheard. They may have acted out and become the difficult child. Or they may have stepped up to fulfil their parents' wishes. Or they may have focussed on being the carer and playmate their unwell brother or sister needed. While this can bring great rewards, it can mean forgoing your chance to be your full self. This can have knock on impacts later in life, when trying to negotiate relationships and friendships.
What I mean to address here is climate change and biodiversity loss. I think these issues can be enormously difficult for many of us to talk about and address in our day-to-day lives with our friends, colleagues and loved ones, and yet many of us see, hear and read about it every day and feel an intense sadness, depression, panic, helplessness or hopelessness about it. And for those working directly on the issue it can be a double-edged sword. Being able to have some agency and take action helps, but it also means you have to confront some of the most frightening facts and figures. I think it can really help to have a space to process and digest what you think and feel about climate change and biodiversity loss, to allow your anger, fear and sadness as well as find ways to accept and take heart from what can still be done and what is still joyful and beautiful about our world.
I see us as all living in an interconnected way with our families, friends, colleagues, our environment, our communities, our culture. Relationships are central to being human, and just as we can be wounded in relationships we can also be healed in relationships.
Trauma can be a defining event or series of events, such as neglect, abuse, an accident, attack or loss. If we can't process this with anyone else, because we are too young or there is no one we can trust to talk to honestly, this can sometimes result in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or Complex Trauma. But trauma can also arise out of living in a way that denies our autonomy, identity and ability to strive and thrive. This might be about race, or sexuality, or family constellation, or any number of factors. I think this can become a kind of hidden trauma, because the basic elements of our lives can seem OK. There may be no big T trauma to point at, but nonetheless we may remain feeling stuck, depressed, anxious, unable to trust or take our lives forward in a way that feels fulfilling. Both kinds of trauma are equally deserving of our attention in the therapy room.

Types of Therapies Offered

  • Humanistic Psychotherapist

What I can help with

  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Bereavement
  • Bullying
  • Cultural Issues
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Family
  • Health-related Issues
  • Identity Problems
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Online Counselling
  • Parents
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Race Issues
  • Relationships
  • Separation
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexuality
  • Stress
  • Suicide
  • Trauma

Types of sessions

  • Face to Face - Long Term
  • Face to Face - Short Term
  • Online Therapy

Tunbridge Wells Office

51-55 The Pantiles
Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TE
United Kingdom

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Concession:

I am willing to offer concessions to those on low incomes

London Office

City Therapy Rooms
33 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1JQ
United Kingdom

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Tunbridge Wells Office


Tunbridge Wells TN4
United Kingdom

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UKCP College

  • Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College (HIPC)
Emma Pearson

Emma Pearson

Tunbridge Wells TN2
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