Gemma Pattison, BACP

Gemma Pattison is a counsellor with a BACP credential and eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She has worked with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship and family difficulties, bereavement, trauma and different forms of abuse. Gemma emphasises that taking the first step to ask for help takes courage and that people have strengths they can draw on during therapy.

Gemma works in a person-centred way, which means she aims to listen without judgement and follow each person’s pace. She also uses other therapeutic approaches as needed, blending tools to meet individual needs. Sessions are intended to be a space to talk through feelings, understand patterns, and build practical coping ways.

Her background includes working with people across different age ranges and a variety of concerns such as self-esteem, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger, career stress, bipolar and depression. She also notes experience with ADHD, attachment matters, and issues linked to adoption, foster care and caregiving stress.

Gemma includes work around matters some people name as BDSM, kink and alternative sex culture, and she supports people wrestling with commitment, codependency and body image. She aims to help clients clarify goals, try small changes and notice what helps between sessions.

She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. Gemma is available to communicate by video, telephone and chat and responds regularly to messages. To begin, clients follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Gemma describes a person-centred approach and blends other methods to suit each person. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding, allowing people to lead the pace and topic of sessions so they feel heard. It is often used for issues like low mood, self-esteem and relationship concerns.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together. It includes practical techniques to test unhelpful thinking and try small behaviour changes, which can help with anxiety, depression and sleep or eating difficulties.

Attachment-Based work pays attention to patterns formed in relationships and how they affect current feelings and closeness. This approach can help people understand intimacy-related problems, abandonment worries or codependency patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and make adjustments as needed.

If you are considering online therapy please confirm the specific session options before you book. The profile notes Gemma uses video, telephone and chat and that she responds to messages. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins between appointments, while different formats suit different practical needs.