Josephine Patten-Walsh, BACP
Josephine Patten-Walsh is a counsellor with ten years' experience based in the United Kingdom.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Josephine
Josephine Patten-Walsh is a counsellor with ten years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, which recognises her work within the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy framework. Josephine meets people in a calm, straightforward way and focuses on practical steps that help day-to-day life.
She works with people facing stress and anxiety, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and major life changes. She also helps with sleep problems, parenting stress, anger, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional areas of interest include attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and the mental health impact of neurodivergence. Her practice draws on a range of approaches including acceptance and commitment principles, attachment-focused work, client-centred conversations, cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally focused methods. Sessions aim to make feelings easier to understand and to reduce actions that cause harm or regret.
The emphasis is on what helps you now, not on technical language. Josephine is comfortable offering both short-term support for a specific problem and longer-term work for deeper change. She will listen without judgement and help people spot unhelpful patterns.
Practical ideas and simple exercises are used between sessions to build new ways of coping. People who want direct, down-to-earth help with emotional challenges often find her style useful. Appointments are arranged online in English and Josephine can suggest which approach to try first based on what a person brings to therapy.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 373030 | November 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Josephine works with
Everything Josephine lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Josephine lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Josephine will discuss options and decide together which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. That collaborative process means approaches can be blended and adjusted as therapy progresses to suit how someone responds.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and short live chat or text messages can be useful for quick check-ins or on-the-go support. These options make it easier to fit appointments around work, care duties and everyday life while still using the chosen therapeutic methods.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Josephine help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is down-to-earth and practical, using conversational client-centred work alongside cognitive and emotion-focused techniques.
How much experience does she have?
Josephine has ten years of clinical experience working in counselling and psychotherapy settings.
What credentials and region are relevant?
She holds BACP accreditation and practices in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Work can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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