Emma Harris
BA (Hons), MA (Distinction), MBACP, ACA
Support Worker
Emma is a qualified psychotherapist with a Masters in Clinical Counselling from the University of Chester. She is registered and accredited with both the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the British Infertility Counselling Association (BICA) and the Foundation for Infant Loss. She has undertaken extensive additional training on complex loss and grief, in particular on pregnancy loss and the death of a child and holds a grief educator certification having trained alongside renowned grief expert David Kessler.
Emma initially started her career in general counselling, at a large hospice, providing counselling support to patients with cancer and family members. She went on to develop her specialist interest and expertise in perinatal counselling and is deeply passionate about supporting those who are experiencing fertility complications, pregnancy/birth trauma and loss. She has also undertaken research and published a journal article on the the silenced impact of late termination of pregnancy for medical reasons.
Emma previously worked in a busy private fertility clinic in Manchester and respects the emotional and practical issues often surrounding assisted conception. She works with couples and individuals to support and explore their unique reproductive experiences with warmth, compassion, sensitivity and a genuine understanding of the challenges and complexities this journey often brings. She has many years experience working with anxiety and depression, relationship issues, grief, guilt, shame and loss of self-confidence and identity. Her modality is informed by the person-centred approach, offering a safe, non-judgemental space for clients to explore their individual experience; trusting that every human being has the innate capacity to find their path through life’s complexities. In practice her approach is open and humanistic, always striving to find a way of working that is best suited to each and every client individually.
In addition to her role as a support worker for Chana, Emma also works in private practice.