Leadership and team
Emma Gerrard
Emma Gerrard is a dramatherapist and EMDR therapist working with THE BALANCE. Her background includes psychiatric nursing, psychotherapy, clinical supervision and university teaching, with experience supporting adolescents and adults individually and in groups.

Expertise
- Dramatherapy and EMDR
- Trauma and complex emotional difficulties
- Integrative psychotherapy
Approach
Emma Gerrard is a dramatherapist and EMDR therapist working with THE BALANCE. Her background includes psychiatric nursing, psychotherapy, clinical supervision and university teaching, with experience supporting adolescents and adults individually and in groups.
She spent many years working at the Priory in Roehampton and has also worked in schools, charities, workplaces and private practice. Her experience includes trauma, bereavement, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, personality difficulties. Her approach combines talking therapy with creative and experiential work, adapting the methods to the individual's needs and capacity for expression.
Education
- Training in psychiatric nursing and dramatherapy
- EMDR Therapist training
- Clinical supervision and teaching experience