Josephine Patten-Walsh, BACP

Josephine Patten-Walsh is a counsellor with a BACP accreditation and ten years' experience. She focuses on helping adults, couples and teenagers handle stress, anxiety, relationship problems and grief. She also works with issues such as trauma, addiction, anger, sleep problems and self-esteem. Josephine aims to create a calm space where people can name what is happening and start to make small, realistic changes.

Her background includes considerable training in a mix of therapeutic approaches. She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and test unhelpful thinking. She draws on attachment-focused work to look at how early relationships shape present difficulties. She also uses emotion-focused and acceptance-based methods to help people tolerate strong feelings and act in line with their values.

Josephine has worked with tragic and sudden loss, abuse, and incidents that bring people into contact with the criminal justice system. She supports people who are coping with long-term illness, carer stress, or major life change. Her experience includes research on neurodivergence and ongoing study of post-traumatic stress and complex trauma.

She reports enhanced DBS status for children and vulnerable adults, alongside a clinical supervision qualification. BACP means she has met the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy's standards for practice. She provides therapy from the United Kingdom and runs sessions in English.

People who come to her can expect practical conversation, gentle challenge and help building new habits. She asks what outcomes matter to each person and works alongside them to reach those goals.

How therapy approaches shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and learn to act in line with what matters to them. It is often used when someone wants to reduce avoidance and live more fully despite difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and how early bonds influence current trust and closeness. It can help when relationship wounds or repeated conflicts keep reappearing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours, offering clear strategies to change anxious or unhelpful patterns and improve day-to-day functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and try different ways of working with the client. Decisions are collaborative and based on the person's goals, preferences and what comes up in sessions.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats before booking so you know which options are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people access a therapist based in the United Kingdom without leaving home. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt these approaches for online conversations, using practical exercises, value-based tasks and emotion-focused techniques in remote sessions.