Emma McArthur

I am an integrative cognitive behavioural therapist with clinical experience working with traumatic stress responses and neurodivergence from a growth and strengths based perspective. My focus is to empower you to become aware of the inner strengths and resources that will help you to tap into your brain's natural neuroplasticity and your mind's natural capacity for growth.

I aim to develop a space in therapy where you can feel safe enough to explore your internal and external experiences with curiosity and compassion. A space where you can uncover and acknowledge the impact that your experiences have had on you and how you have learned to cope with and respond to your environment. Within a safe therapeutic alliance you can consider how you are currently coping with the impact of your experience and take some time to explore alternative ways of coping and responding. This can help you to replace coping strategies that are no longer helpful to you and to restructure any unhelpful automatic patterns of response that may be keeping you feeling stuck. Often this process helps to provide you with the emotional space and compassion that you need to replenish your resources and reassess the meaning you took from your experiences in a way that recognises and values your strengths.

Raising your awareness of your capacity to compassionately reassess your beliefs about yourself and your experiences in this way can bring new meaning to your present sense of self. This process can allow you to bring your personal values into alignment with your future aims and empower you to discover the way forward that feels right for you.