Emma Stannard, NCPS

Emma Stannard is a qualified Pluralistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Coach based in Devon in the United Kingdom. She offers a warm, compassionate therapeutic space for people navigating stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, significant life changes, or times when motivation and purpose feel diminished. Emma works in a relaxed, collaborative way that places the client’s experience at the centre, helping individuals explore obstacles, build practical coping strategies, and strengthen resilience to move toward greater well-being and fulfilment.

Her practice draws on a blend of evidence-informed methods tailored to each person’s needs, including person-centred work that honours individual life experience; cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviours; psychodynamic exploration of how past experiences influence the present; narrative approaches to reauthor life stories; hypnotherapy to support relaxation and inner exploration; and mindfulness to cultivate present-moment awareness and ease anxiety. Emma holds the NCPS credential, a recognised qualification indicating training in counselling and psychotherapy. She aims to empower clients through respectful collaboration, helping them find clearer direction, understanding, and personal growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Emma integrates hypnotherapy, psychodynamic therapy, and solution-focused techniques into her practice, each offering different ways to address emotional and life difficulties. Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to help clients access inner resources, manage anxiety, and explore thoughts and feelings in a calm state. Psychodynamic therapy looks at how past experiences and early relationships influence current patterns, helping people gain insight into repeated reactions and emotional triggers. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and practical steps, supporting clients to identify goals and build small, achievable changes that lead to progress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Emma works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative exploration may combine elements from different approaches to create a tailored plan that feels useful and manageable.

Online therapy with Emma is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments. These options make it easier to access consistent support without travel, and they allow therapy to fit more naturally into daily life while maintaining the same focus on effective, compassionate care from licensed professionals and therapists.