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Emily Duffy Therapy

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Online Integrative Therapist in the UK
I work with identity e.g. I'm an ENM & LGBTQ+ affirmative therapist.

sexuality, gender, neurodivergence, chronic illness, and mental health, the relationship with "self", and how you then relate to the outside world and the people around you. I work in an integrative approach meaning I adapt my way of working to your preferences, where possible, in a collaborative way. We will talk about what it is you would like to get out of counselling and look at ways we can do this. My core way of working is offering a safe and non-judgemental space through person centred counselling and it's core conditions, which are to hold you with unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence. From here I layer on tools and techniques from other approaches such as gestalt ways of working (metaphors, 'here & now' work, somatic exploration), ways of working from MBCT/SFT/CBT (using mindfulness techniques to explore our ways of thinking, looking at how this can be different, and how this can then impact our behaviour/emotions), and CFT/ACT (looking at our internal narrative, how we can be more compassionate and accepting to ourselves). Depending on what it is you're wanting to explore, how long we work together, and your preferences, will depend on the techniques used in our sessions. If you are considering short term work with myself then we will look at the most pressing issue you would like to focus on, whereas longer term work will allow more breadth of work.

05/04/2026

Such a life saver, honestly 💚

The "Just can't wait card"

https://www.bladderandbowel.org/free-just-cant-wait-card/

This is a free digital, or small fee for physical, card allowing you to access toilets when there aren't public toilets.

⚠️ Content Warning ⚠️

I'm going to use my own experience as an example. Not too in depth but just in case you don't want to know deets!

I also recognise this one example isn't indicative of everyone's.

I went somewhere and didn't realise there wouldn't be any public toilets and so had to use this card for the first time and it was recieved well and was able to use some staff toilets, even if it did mean being escorted and waiting for 😅

But I was treated with kindness and respect, without judgment or shame.

EXTRA INFO - I had tried just asking if I could use their toilets in a different store before this and was denied. So tried elsewhere with the card and was allowed straight away.

Endometriosis and Adenomyosis are the gifts that keep on giving, such as bladder issues.

I can do everything I can like limiting water intake and peeing like 3 times before leaving the house and even then I can still have urgency within 30 minutes.

This is what happened to me and I hate to think what might have happened when I had to wait for 2 hours where I was. Having toiletry needs can make leaving the house so intimidating and limiting.

But this card can really open the world up again!

Have you got one? Did you know they exist?

30/03/2026

Have written 49 pages (18000ish words) worth of content for my CPD on working with Chronically Ill Clients so far and I'm only just hitting half way 😳🥳

29/03/2026

I am someone who loves sleep 😴

"Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together." - Thomas Dekker

It is so important for our wellbeing, but sometimes it can be so elusive 😪

I'm currently in the process of switching some meds which means weaning off at the moment and my god it is impacting my sleep. When I manage to sleep I'm having vivid dreams and otherwise I just am so restless and unable to sleep.

The impact of lack of sleep has a huuuuuuge knock on to my health and chronic illnesses where my pain is so heightened and I just feel so unrefreshed and sluggish (on top of any fatigue I have).

I also love this quote, "Lack of sleep is only bad if you have to drive, or think, or talk, or move." — Dov Davidoff 😂

It impacts our ability to think, to regulate emotions, our health, and just our ability to function in general.

Sleep hygeine is definitely something to bring into therapy (as well as your medical professionals), whether it's sleeping too much, sleeping too little, feeling restless, or dreamwork.

What's your relationship with sleep like? 💚

28/03/2026

New blog post out - Top Tips for setting up Private Practice ✨️

I've been trapped under Arty (one of my dogs) for the last 3 hours, so I decided to write and finish a blog post from my drafts 😂

So here it is, my top tips for PP going through my experience, pros and cons, top tips, and further resources 💚

There's so much more I could write on this but that's why I have my start up guide for PP too!!

Check it out and let me know what you think!
https://www.emilyduffytherapy.co.uk/post/top-tips-for-starting-in-private-practice

25/03/2026

Journaling can be a great tool 💚

It is a really good way to express, release, explore, and process our emotions, situations, or thoughts. But sometimes it can be tricky to know where to start.

Journaling doesn't have to be a structured, "dear diary today I..." If that works for you great but there are lots of other ways too.

You might want to just doodle and write words or phrases that come to mind.

Or you might want some direction, and this is where prompts can help. Here are a few to get you going:
✨️ What are you grateful for today?
✨️ If your body had a voice what would it be saying?
✨️ If your feelings had a voice what would they say?
✨️ What do you want your future self to know?
✨️ Where, in life, do you feel you could be more boundaried and what would this look like?
✨️ What would a compassionate voice say to you today?
✨️ What would you want your past self to know?
✨️ What have you overcome?
✨️ What do you need to shout into the void?

If you don't know how to pick one you could always write them on strips of paper, and add more of your own in, and then pull one out of a jar and go from there 💚

How do you journal? What do you find helpful?

23/03/2026

It's 🐶 a dog will always be a puppy to me 🐾

I love my dogs. Ever since I could answer my mom's question of "anything you want from the shops? Add it to the list" I would reply/write "a dog" 😅

Snowy was my dream dog. We got him when I was 10 years old. My parents just wanted to look and visit the breeder but we left the same day with him and had to stop on the way home to buy everything for him!!

When we had to say goodbye to him, it absolutely broke me and that grief hasn't ever left!! He had a fantastic life, filled with so much love till he was 15 💔

Whilst no dog can ever be replaced, life for me just isn't the same without hearing those putter patters on the hard wood floor and a friendly, loving, mischievous dog to keep me company.

And now I have my Arty and Freya woofs 🥰

Having a dog isn't always easy though. Puppies arw adorable but they are freaking hard work. They are sleepless nights, toilet training, bite training, house training, keeping them entertained, vets visits, and not leaving them on their own for too long.

Dog's get easier until one of them is reactive and you have to learn a whole new set of skills and read dog behaviour on a whole other level (seriously owning 2 dogs is soooo different to just one 😅😅)

But......i wouldn't change it for anything. They are beyond worth it 💚

So to all those puppies, past, present, and future, you make our lives whole, you make us laugh, and you are so loved 🐶

Want to read more about what ive learned from dogs? Check out my blog posts:
- https://www.emilyduffytherapy.co.uk/post/pet-bereavement
- https://www.emilyduffytherapy.co.uk/post/a-life-with-dogs

23/03/2026

A little update on how writing this beefy course is going! 💚

I'm about a third of the way and I have already written SO much in each of these steps 😅

There's a lot to cover and much more to do but I am so excited to eventually share this with therapists, counsellors, psychotherapists, and mental health professionals ✨️

It is such an important topic when the UK disability stats from 2025 state, "The prevalence of disability rises with age: in 2023/24 around 12% of children in the UK were disabled, compared with 24% of working-age adults and 45% of adults over State Pension age. Just under two thirds (64%) of people aged 85 or over reported a disability."

And the prevelance is predicted to rise as years go on!

So if you're a therapist, counsellor, psychotherapist, or mental health professional and you'd like to know more follow the link to sign up for updates - https://forms.gle/yGC7Hj9pSibErBwR8

21/03/2026

New blog post out - Chronic Illness Grief

It looks at: What chronic illness grief is, how it can show up, what it can look like, and how we can manage it.

Check it out now and let me know what you think in the comments below

Link via the linktree in my profile

https://www.emilyduffytherapy.co.uk/post/chronic-illness-grief

16/03/2026

A little life update from me 💚

I finally have a date for my surgery which I was put in a waitlist for over 12 months ago now! This will be happening mid-April and will mean me (potentially) being a little more distant here whilst I recover. It is part of my endo & adeno treatment so great timing for endo awareness month 😆

I am also experiencing more migraines lately as well as light sensitivity and my astigmatism being sensitive too. I am absolutely okay and getting it all looked into, but it does mean wearing my "reading" glasses a lot more to help with glare! I'm still very much getting used to seeing myself in them 😅

It's so hard when our bodies and appearance change. It can be a lot to adapt to!

There can be a lot of grief involved with the loss of who we were. And in parallel there can be a lot of gratitude for what we still appreciate and are grateful for.

I actually quite like my glasses now, but even still it's weird to greet clients and friends when wearing them as before I would never need to wear them around others.

My glasses feel like they make my "invisible" illnesses and symptoms a bit more "real" or visible. All of this comes with pros and cons!

It's difficult to hold all of this at the same time, so to my fellow chronic illness folx and anyone going through changes in your appearance for whatever reason, I see you.

How are you being kind to those changing parts of yourself? 💚

06/03/2026

Small acts of kindness and care matter 💚

Simple post from me today cause this week has been rough with endo, adeno, and migraine flares!

"Too often, we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around." – Leo Buscaglia

Sending love to you all ✨️

02/03/2026

It's awareness month 💛

🙃 It's estimated that 1 in 7 AFAB people have endometriosis
🙃 In rare cases it has also been found in AMAB folx and fetuses
🙃 Endo can create it's own hormones, blood supply, and nerve endings
🙃 It doesn't just cause bad periods, it is a whole body systemic inflammatory disease
🙃 Research is being improved with awareness but there is still limited research (some of which is the effects on male partners and attractiveness of those with endo)
🙃 It is considered one of the top 20 painful conditions
🙃 It can take on average 7-10 years to diagnose

My journey with endo has been rough. I'm going to write a blog post on it at somepoint but I'm currently waiting on surgery for it so figured I'll wait till I eventually get that.

I have experienced dismissal, judgement, being laughed at by doctors, condescending medical professionals, and gaslighting in my medical appointments.

It took 17 years for diagnosis. I was diagnosed in 2023. I also have adenomyosis. And even now, I still get push back on my pain being "real" or being told I'm asking for too much when wanting to manage it.....

It really changes your life, your relationship with yourself, relationships with partners, relationships with friends and family, work, hobbies, just everything.

More awareness is needed. More belief of AFAB people's experience is needed.

Check out my blog on chronic illness in relationships to get a better understanding! - www.emilyduffytherapy.co.uk/post/chronic-illness-in-relationships

25/02/2026

"Give yourself a gift: the present moment." - Marcus Aurelius ✨️

So often we can get stuck in the fear of what the future has in store for us. This isn't necessarily irrational or disproportionate to what looks likely, but dwelling too much on the future can rob us of the present moments too.

Similarly, getting stuck in “if only” thoughts about the past keeps us trapped. We can’t change what’s behind us, only learn from it and strive to do better now.

I've experienced this with anticipatory grief. The anxieties, expectations, and urge to act kick in, and can be overwhelming, even though the future is still unpredictable. The grief causes us to mourn the loss before it happens. We get tangled in if onlys as if replaying them could alter the outcome we're now dealing with. And we actually end up losing moments we have with the one important to us.

This is a pretty intense example. And there is no "right" way of doing things or navigating these real anxieties. But so much of the "western world" is built on productivity, doing more, hustle, get on with it and we lose the ability to just be with ourselves and those around us in the moment.

(Yes I realise the hypocrisy of this being a post on social media which feeds into the scroll onto the next thing..... but this is what I'm working with 😆)

This means we often react to things, rather than responding. We see so much of this immediacy in social media and media in general now.

Even if it's taking 1 minute try:
✨️ To sit and notice you breath
✨️ Notice the sounds around you
✨️ Look up at the sky
✨️ Look at and feel your skin

Be really be mindful of who you are, where you are, and how you're doing. It can be a short relief from always having to push forward and reconnect with yourself.

Once you figure out where you are, you might have a clearer vision of where you want/need to go.

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