Emma Keaveny Cook

Emma works in an integrative way which draws on ideas about how we build and maintain relationships (attachment theory), how one person or context impacts on another (systemic theory) and how our own thoughts and feelings interact (cognitive behaviour theory). We would work together to make sense of what thoughts and feelings may be underlying your experiences alongside how when we feel stressed or overwhelmed, we find this more difficult to understand. Emma is trained in using Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and has found this a useful way of working with a wide variety of presenting concerns.

For client work and in supervision, Emma broadly uses a mentalization framework. In supervision, she is keen to firstly support your capacity to make sense of your own and your client’s behaviour by talking about what mental states (thoughts/feelings/beliefs/intentions) may be underlying that behaviour. We would also consider your personal and professional context alongside consideration of how often stress impacts our ability to mentalize ourselves and others.

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