Josephine Patten-Walsh, BACP

Josephine Patten-Walsh is a counsellor with ten years' experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation, which reflects her adherence to professional standards as a counsellor and psychotherapist. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed and need practical help to manage strong feelings or difficult life events.

Her approach is collaborative and down to earth. She helps people make sense of painful experiences and manage behaviours that cause distress. Sessions can focus on immediate coping skills or on longer work to better understand repeating patterns and relationships.

Josephine combines several established methods to suit the person in front of her rather than using a single one-size-fits-all model. She draws on acceptance and commitment techniques, attachment-based ideas and cognitive approaches to help with thoughts, emotions and actions. Emotionally-focused work is also used when relationship or intimacy issues are central.

She has specialised training and experience with trauma, bereavement and addiction-related issues, and she has worked with people affected by crime and other tragic events. Research into neurodivergence and ongoing study of post-traumatic stress inform her practice.

Practical concerns such as sleep problems, parenting stress, anger and compassion fatigue are also within her remit. People often start work on a single problem and find other matters come into view as therapy progresses.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current ways of relating and feeling safe with others. It can help when trust, abandonment or intimacy issues are central.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, sleep problems and mood difficulties.

Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with the client. She will consider the person's needs, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. Therapy can adapt over time if different work is needed.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as this profile does not list formats explicitly. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when needed. It can also support clients who prefer not to be on camera or who need a shorter, focused session during a break from work. Registered or accredited professionals use these options to make therapy more practical for everyday life.