More than a name
Life can feel noisy.
There can be pressure to keep going, to hold everything together, or to make sense of how you're feeling before asking for help. Sometimes it can feel easier to keep things to yourself than to admit you're struggling.
The Listening Booth is simply a space where none of that is expected.
A space where you can slow down, take your time and talk about whatever feels important to you. Where you don't need to have the right words, or even know where to begin. Just somewhere you can feel genuinely heard, without judgement or pressure.
Sometimes, being heard is the first step towards making sense of things.
A little more about me
I’m Emily, the person behind The Listening Booth.
I’ve always been curious about people. Why we feel the way we do, how our experiences shape us, and why we sometimes find ourselves stuck in the same patterns, even when we know we want things to be different. That curiosity is a big part of what drew me to counselling in the first place.
You might come to counselling knowing exactly what you want to talk about, or you might just have a feeling that something isn’t quite right. You don’t need to have worked it all out before you get here.
We can take the time to understand what’s going on together. That might mean looking at how you’re feeling now, things that have happened in the past, or patterns you’ve started to notice. There’s no set way it has to look.
I’m not here to analyse you or tell you what you should do. I want you to have somewhere you can talk openly, explore what’s going on and feel properly listened to.
I believe you know yourself better than anyone. Sometimes you just need the space to hear yourself a little more clearly.
How I work
I’m an integrative counsellor, which really just means I don’t believe there’s one way of doing counselling that works for everyone. The sessions are yours. You decide what you want to bring and what feels important, and we go from there.
We might explore how past experiences are affecting you now, notice patterns in how you think, feel or relate to other people, or spend time on something that’s happening in your life right now.
Most of the time we’ll talk, but sometimes there might be another way of exploring something that feels useful. I might offer a different perspective, introduce an idea, or suggest something a little more creative. There’s never any pressure to work in a particular way.
Ultimately, it’s about finding a way of working that makes sense for you.
