Emma Heaney-Yeatts

Hello I’m Emma Heaney-Yeatts. I help people with a range of symptoms, including anxiety, depression, phobias/avoidance, fears, relationship conflicts. My specialties are EMDR trauma therapy and IMAGO Relationships Therapy. We can do EMDR online in most cases. I am an Accredited Case Consultant in EMDR, and I’d love to help you on your EMDR certification journey if you are looking for a Supervisor.

My Speciality

Is empowering you to be the best version of yourself. I believe that as humans, we can resolve our symptoms by believing in our healing capacity, by having a good therapeutic relationship, and by utilising the amazing tool that is EMDR. I also offer IMAGO Relationships therapy because a strong relationship is a protective factor for personal well-being.

Supervision Services

I offer supervision services for EMDR practitioners and to NZAC members. 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.

EMDR Services

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.

Therapeutic Approach

I offer EMDR therapy in my work with clients, and I weave in other approaches such as person centred therapy and drawing therapy and even couples therapy. IF you want to read more about the combo of EMDR and IMAGO that I’ve created, click here .

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. For more click here

About Me

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 mybestme 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 people find a challenge today.

Please visit my website to find out more.