About Emma Boardwell

Emma is a highly regarded psychotherapist, trainer, mentor and group facilitator, as well as a DipFA qualified and Wise Monkey certified financial coach.

She is the founder of Emotional Finance and works with financial professionals to enrich their soft skills and relational intelligence in order to build stronger relationships and secure better business outcomes. She also offers financial coaching to private clients.

She is a UKCP trained psychotherapist, DipFA qualified financial advisor and Wise Monkey Certified Financial Coach.

Through her 12 years of private practice as a psychotherapist, Emma became renowned for her expertise in Gestalt psychotherapy and particularly group work. This included contributing to the leading psychotherapeutic textbook, the SAGE Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy (5th ed), conference hosting, and consulting for psychotherapeutic training programmes.

She now builds bridges between her relational wisdom and expertise and the work of building deeper, trusted and more allied relationships in financial services for the benefit of both clients and financial professionals alike.

Known for her warmth, empathy and astute thinking, Emma makes an ideal ally for financial professionals and private coaching clients alike.

Emma grew up in South Africa and London and now lives in Sheffield with her husband, James. She is a Mum of three grown up boys, and is currently adjusting to her recently emptied nest.