Emma Stannard

Emma Stannard is a qualified and experienced Pluralistic Psychotherapeutic Counsellor, Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Coach based in Devon, UK. With three years of professional practice, she works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, depression and major life changes.

Emma offers a calm, compassionate space where each person’s experience is treated as unique. She aims to empower clients through a warm, relaxed and collaborative manner, respecting that therapy is the client’s personal journey. Together with clients she explores current challenges, identifies obstacles and develops practical strategies to build inner strength and resilience.

Her pluralistic approach means she draws on several therapeutic methods and adapts them to each individual. She integrates person-centred work that focuses on lived experience, cognitive behavioural techniques to address unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours, psychodynamic perspectives to consider how past experiences influence the present, and narrative methods to reframe personal stories and find meaning. She also uses hypnotherapy for relaxation and exploration of thoughts and feelings, alongside mindfulness practices to support staying present and reducing anxiety.

Emma’s practice in Devon is grounded in the belief that each experience and emotion contributes to life’s wider tapestry, and she supports clients in weaving those elements together toward greater understanding, healing and personal growth.