Emma McGregor Psychologist

Emma is a compassionate and curious psychologist who believes that therapy is about reconnection - to yourself, your body, your values, and your sense of aliveness. Emma takes time to ensure she is understanding your unique world and concerns without making assumptions or pathologising your experiences. Emma’s approach is neurodiversity-affirming, queer-inclusive and trauma-informed. She is guided by principles of social justice and is a strong advocate for human rights both in and out of the therapy chair. She practises with the understanding that your present is shaped by a variety of factors, including your early life experiences and the societal systems we live in. She believes that naming and exploring these systems in therapy - such as capitalism, patriarchy, cisheteronormativity, racism, and neuronormativity - can help you reclaim agency and self-compassion in your life. Emma’s background in developmental psychology brings a focus on attachment and an understanding of how our sense of identity shifts over time. She uses a variety of evidence-based approaches to help you understand your inner experiences. Emma has extensive experience supporting clients through life changes and transitions, anxiety, depression, and stress. She takes a holistic, whole-body approach to therapy and includes somatic and experiential principles in her sessions (rather than just focusing on thoughts and the mind). Emma has a keen interest in supporting neurodivergent folk to build lives and relationships that feel aligned, safe, and authentic. This might be through reconnecting to desire, building assertiveness skills, neuroqueering relationship concepts, exploring sensory experiences, and making space for curiosity around sexuality (including exploration of the asexuality spectrum). She is a fierce advocate for reducing societal shame and building clients’ confidence and self-compassion. Emma has experience in supporting clients across a wide range of relational and sexual health concerns, including intimacy and sexual health anxiety, navigating changes and transitions in relationships, sexual pain (i.e., vulvodynia, vaginismus, dyspareunia), desire and arousal dissatisfaction (including navigating libido differences and erectile difficulties), and orgasm-related difficulties (i.e., anorgasmia and orgasmic anhedonia). She also has experience providing affirming support for LGBTIQA+ individuals, those in non-monogamous relationships, sex workers, and clients seeking sexual education. Emma is particularly interested in helping clients explore what sex and sexuality mean to them, particularly for those who experience or live with shame, anxiety, chronic illness and disability.