Hello I’m Emma Heaney-Yeatts. I help people with a range of symptoms, including anxiety and depression. My specialties are EMDR trauma therapy and IMAGO Relationships Therapy. We can do EMDR online in most cases. I am an EMDR Consultant in Training, and I’d love to help you on your EMDR certification journey if you are looking for a Supervisor.
Is empowering women to be the best version of themselves. I also offer IMAGO Relationships therapy because a strong relationship is a protective factor for personal well-being & parenting too.
I offer supervision services to trainees in EMDR therapy. I am experienced in EMDR therapy and can offer you my insights, knowledge, support, and experience as you embark on your certification journey. I have been a supervisor for counsellors for around ten years since my time as Counselling Service Director for PND Wellington.
Many clients find that resolving wounds from the past enables them to feel more liberated to live their life. EMDR therapy is a gold standard treatment for PTSD, and for many of us PTSD symptoms can include worrying, perfectionism, controlling, fearfulness, anxiety, depression, OCD, jumpiness, and nightmares. This is what EMDR can help you with.
I offer EMDR therapy in my work with clients, and I weave in other approaches such as person centred therapy and drawing therapy. EMDR helps you track back to when your troubles first began and identify what happened that caused your symptoms. We then focus on those troubling memories in a way that means you don’t need to re-live it or re-tell it in any detail. This helps you process what happened so that it doesn’t affect you so much any more.
IMAGO Relationships Therapy teaches you new way of communicating, which is open and honest, caring and kind. IMAGO is a well-founded and structured therapy that helps you feel safe and connected as a couple. This facilitates healthy change and new ways of behaving with each other.
I was the Counselling Service Director for seven years at the Wellington charity ‘Post and Antenatal Distress Support Wellington’ and I also co-developed a Group EMDR approach for Survivors of Sexual Violence. I now have my own boutique agency where I focus on tailored therapeutic work with clients, and supervision of training EMDR therapists.
I have two children, and my own experience of having to juggle work, study, and life commitments, which I think many women find a challenge today.
Please visit my website to find out more.
- Member of the NZ Association of Counsellors (MNZAC)
- Member of EMDR NZ
- Member of IMAGO NZ
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Education
- Bachelor of Counselling
- Certificate in Advanced Interactive Drawing Therapy
- Certified Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing Therapist and Consultant in Training
- Certificate in Professional Supervision in the Workplace
- Certified IMAGO Relationship Therapist
I am available:
- In person at Waikanae Beach. The room is homely and calming.
- Online
- Normally school hours only
- Please see my website for up to date fees.
- EMDR Supervision sessions at a negotiated fee.
- WINZ may cover some of the cost if you are a community services card holder.
- fees can be paid at the session via cash or internet banking.