We Believe in Community
We believe in community. From the moment you begin training with us, we have your back. And we never leave a practitioner behind. Join our network of EFT Plus students and alumni. Many return to us for not only mentoring and additional courses, but also to provide therapy and support for our students. It takes a village to raise a therapist! Here are a few alumni who have gone on to create successful practices and are ready to support you.
Lead Practioners
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Emma
FOUNDER
With over 30 years of experience as a therapist Emma works passionately work with people experiencing medically unexplained symptoms and chronic health conditions. Emma founded EFT Plus to ensure that all EFT practitioners can use EFT competently and confidently.
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Joanna
EFT PLUS TUTOR
As a therapist with over 20 years of experience, Joanna has worked with thousands of clients within the parameters of the NHS, Charity sector, Hospice bereavement services, Veteran support, corporate settings and her own private practice.
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Gemma
EFT PLUS STUDENT SUPPORT
A trained therapist Gemma uses EFT, NLP, Coaching and Hypnosis to support individuals experiencing a range of challenges but predominantly, traumatic experiences and/or health issues not always supported by our traditional medical model.
Joanna
TUTOR & QUALIFIED COUNSELLOR
I’m so excited to be introducing myself to you as a tutor on the EFTPlus Training. I have been where you are now; embarking on a life-changing journey into self discovery and learning to support others with their own explorations, development and healing. It is transformative experience and I am so excited to be walking alongside you!
I have worked with people all my adult life. In my twenties I supported people experiencing significant and enduring mental health issues in residential, outreach and day services and then, in my thirties I decided to train as a counsellor in the Person- Centred Approach. Since then I have worked with thousands of clients in a wide range of settings; NHS, Charity sector, Hospice bereavement services, Veteran support, corporate settings and private practice, to name a few. I love to keep up with new developments and widen my experience of different modalities and over my 20 years as a therapist I have trained in various modalities and become a trainer/facilitator myself.
In whatever role I am engaging with people and their development I bring my belief (and it’s backed by research) that the relationship is the most healing aspect of any therapy. I am passionate about offering clients an empowering, equal relationship in which they can safely explore and grow. Learning to truly BE with a client where you can offer your full presence, acceptance, empathy and ‘show your workings’ is a way of working that requires significant self-discovery, as well as training. As part of the EFT Plus team I’m fully committed to walking alongside you as you do this important work. Although this work can be very deep and challenging I love to make learning fun and create a safe space for you to experiment, learn through experience and feel safe to get it ‘wrong’… the more we can feel safe to fluff things up, the more we can learn and gain!
I also have my own private therapeutic practice which you can find here.
Gemma
ADVANCED PRACTITIONER & STUDENT SUPPORT
Hi, I’m Gemma
EFT Plus Student Support
I’m happy to be introducing myself as an Emotional Assistant for EFT Plus as I have also been on my own version of the journey you are embarking on and I have so much love and respect for the EFT Plus team that it’s an honour to work alongside them. I came to Emma to complete my level 1, 2 and 3 EFT training, but more importantly to feel my way into becoming the therapist I wanted to be. If I’m honest I’m still on this journey, learning more about myself and my clients every day.
I’m trained in EFT, NLP and Coaching and as well as working with EFT Plus I am a therapist in private practice. I offer my clients a safe space of acceptance to explore what they want, which means I work with individuals experiencing a range of challenges but predominantly, traumatic experiences and/or health issues not always supported by our traditional medical model. During my time as a therapist as well as working 1-1 with my clients, I have also worked with a clinic specialising in ME/CFS recovery as a psychology practitioner and supported students training in NLP, Coaching and Hypnosis with tutoring sessions for an online training programme and occasionally run workshops featuring EFT.
I look forward to seeing you training sessions and learning more with you!
If you would like to find out more about me or are interested in sessions with me please do reach out at gemmahunttherapy@gmail.com or you can view my website here.
Susie
QUALIFIED PRACTITIONER
I started my EFT journey as a student with Emma in 2013 and am thrilled to now be here as an emotional assistant with EFT Plus. I have travelled with Emma’s training, through EFT Levels 1,2 and 3, along with hypnotherapy and therapeutic coaching and due to Emma’s acceptance, warmth, humour and encouragement, my life has transformed both personally and professionally.
I started my own private practice 23 years ago using Reflexology as a tool to help people relax into a state where their body could facilitate healing, I added Indian Champissage, Aura-Soma colour therapy and Reiki over the years, yet felt there was something missing. This led me to explore the psychological aspects where EFT changed my world, clearing blockages and creating lasting shifts, even across the internet.
I am passionate about creating a safe, nurturing space for people to rest and be, to connect with their inner wisdom, explore, heal, create and feel empowered to thrive, knowing that we are all made up of many colours and all here to shine.
I have loved assisting Emma on recent EFT courses and I am delighted to now be continuing my journey of learning and discovery with you. If you wish to connect with me directly it would be lovely to hear from you, susiembridges@gmail.com
Sam
QUALIFIED PRACTITIONER
Hi, I'm Samantha, a Therapeutic Coach passionate about helping high achievers to finally feel good enough, cultivate a strong sense of self-worth and break free from the need for external validation.
I offer my clients a safe space to openly explore the subconscious beliefs and traumas keeping them stuck and holding them back from living out their full potential. I am trained in NLP, EFT, Life Coaching, Clinical Hypnosis, and Matrix Reimprinting and use a combination of these integrated therapies to allow for deep healing and transformation.
Before starting my private coaching business in 2020 I worked as a Psychology Practitioner at The Optimum Health Clinic, helping patients with severe burnout regain their health. I supported patients with nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and emotional resilience in order to release the body from a chronic stress state and make healing possible. Patients learned to let go of their people pleasing, the never ending need to push themselves and hustle for achievements, and to treat themselves with kindness and compassion.
Within the last few years, I have worked with entrepreneurs to overcome their self-doubt, let go of their anxieties and confidently build a business without burning out.
I believe the route to lasting change is to work with the mind and body together and empower my clients to know they have the power within them to make the changes they desire.
You can find out more about the services I offer by visiting my website here.
Lynda
ADVANCED PRACTITIONER
It is a joy to be supporting others on a path of learning and personal development, as an Emotional Support Assistant. Particularly as I have been there myself, as a trainee on EFT Levels 1,2, and 3 with Emma, enabling me to become the EFT Practitioner I am today. In my private practice, I find it very meaningful to support clients one-to-one with their emotional, mental and physical wellbeing. I work with those who are struggling with stress, anxiety, low confidence and health challenges, to help them feel better and to experience the positive change they desire. I offer a safe, accepting and non-judgemental space for clients to connect with themselves more fully, to explore their current feelings, thoughts and experiences. From there we are able to establish what they would like instead, what is getting in the way, and navigate a route forward that is right for them.
As a Therapeutic Coach, I am also trained in NLP, Hypnotherapy and Coaching, as well as in Counselling theory and skills and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy. I have supported previous training courses in EFT and other modalities and always enjoy supporting participants and continuing to learn.
You can find out more about me and how I support others at my website here.
Laura
QUALIFIED PRACTITIONER
Totally overwhelmed by stress and erratic emotions, I first experienced therapy age 19. Over the course of therapy, I was offered such genuine care and empathy, with zero judgement in response to anything I shared. This changed the course of my life. Whilst being so accepted and validated did feel healing, talking only got me so far. I had developed greater awareness around my emotions; but I still felt like they weren’t allowed and wished they weren’t there. It also hadn’t shifted my physiology: I was still living in a constant state of fight/flight/freeze, feeling permanently unsafe and flooded with adrenaline. In the years that followed, I undertook a huge variety of therapeutic work. I then stumbled across EFT, and it was empowering! For the first time, I could literally feel emotions moving through me: At last all that tension and trauma was starting to gently be released. I went on to train in EFT, NLP, Hypnotherapy and Coaching. These techniques, coupled with my own 15+ years of self-discovery and healing, enable me to help clients unravel what feels like even the biggest mess, the stickiest issue.
My desire as a therapist is to walk alongside you wherever you are at in your journey… To offer you a calm, nurturing space, where you feel fully safe to be the truest expression of yourself and explore even your most vulnerable parts… To equip you with tools to help you feel better both physically and emotionally… To facilitate the processing of trauma such that it is no longer stored in your body and no longer limiting your life… After all, it’s the broken parts of ourselves that can become the most beautiful once they are accepted, healed and fully re-integrated, helping us feel whole again.
You can find out more about the services I offer by visiting my website here.
Nikkie
ADVANCED PRACTITIONER
I came to psychotherapy 15 years into my working life after training as a physiotherapist and burning myself out as an operational manager in the NHS. I spent 8 years working for the well-known Optimum Health Clinic supporting people with (and training junior staff in) complex chronic conditions, developmental trauma and the devastating impact these things can have on life. I now run my own clinic, Beyond The Therapy Room, so named because the goal of therapy – in whatever form it comes – is to create a space that’s safe enough for organic change to occur outside of the therapeutic setting. EFT does this beautifully by allowing us to settle into a restful place with our painful past which in turn, provides increasing freedom to be ourselves. It’s simple to use, highly effective and when combined with other techniques like Neurolinguistic Programming, Hypnosis and Coaching it is truly magical. Since the beginning Emma has been part of my personal and professional therapeutic journey and her passion, skill and dedication continues to inspire me. As a result, after a few years of supervising students on other therapeutic courses, it is a great honour to be part of the EFT Plus team as we welcome past, present and future students to the delights of EFT!
If you are considering working with me it may be useful to know that my therapeutic approach is one of care, compassion and kindness since there is great bravery that comes with being on a therapeutic journey. You can find out more about the services I offer by visiting my website here.
Nige
QUALIFIED PRACTITIONER
An interest in psychology has been close to my heart for much of the past 25+ years. And following some substantial changes towards the close of 2017 in the high school where I had worked part-time for the preceding 16-years teaching English as an Additional Language, and working alongside the school counsellor, came an increasing realisation that the time was now … or never. So, I took the leap of faith to retrain as a Therapeutic Coach.
This model is built around the practitioner being in possession of a toolkit of techniques selectively integrating EFT, Hypnotherapy, Life Coaching, Mindfulness and NLP. In simple terms, no client is constrained by the limitations of any one process, which grants us the flexibility to adapt to each client’s needs as we seek to create enduring desirable change.
I’m now passionate, in gathering all the wisdom I’ve accumulated along the way, to continue helping others on their own life journeys.
We all have our unique journeys and taking the step into therapy will grant you the opportunity to make this a time of growth and self-discovery. The underlying emotions, behaviours and experiences may not have been your chosen path of learning, given the choice, but you will certainly benefit for the rest of your life from the lessons they can bring you if you are open to them. I will accompany you; support you; sometimes challenge you. Together, our collaborative aim will be to lay the foundation to deserving change.
