Josephine Patten-Walsh , BACP

Josephine Patten-Walsh is a BACP-accredited counsellor and psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom who brings a decade of experience to work with adults, couples and teenagers. She focuses on helping people face difficult life events, manage intense emotions and recover from traumatic or challenging experiences, combining practical tools with a trauma-informed perspective.

Known for creating a calm and supportive environment, she helps clients make sense of their feelings, improve relationships and reduce patterns of behaviour that no longer serve them. Her practice spans short-term support for a specific issue through to longer-term therapy aimed at deeper self-understanding, using contemporary therapeutic methods such as CBT alongside creative interventions.

Josephine holds additional qualifications that support work with adolescents, couples and clinical supervisees and she is trained in AEDP - an approach that integrates neurobiology with psychotherapeutic practice to address trauma. She also holds a Clinical Supervision Qualification and enhanced DBS status for work with children and vulnerable adults, reflecting her professional responsibilities and safeguarding checks.

Her areas of work include grief and loss, stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties including betrayal and abuse, addiction and related family concerns, major life changes, coping after tragic events, self-harm, disordered eating, insomnia and complex trauma. She has researched the mental health impact of neurodivergence as part of her counselling degree and continues study into PTSD, Complex Trauma and the effects of minority stress and migration across generations.

Across these areas she aims to listen without judgement and to support clients in finding practical ways forward, whether that means developing healthier coping strategies, repairing relationships or making sense of past experiences.

Approach-led online therapy for trauma and relationships

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most to them and build psychological flexibility by learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful action. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating. It helps people understand attachment needs, repair trust and improve intimacy, making it useful for relationship difficulties and attachment wounds.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, offers structured techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. It is commonly used for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and many everyday coping challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Josephine works collaboratively with clients and with licensed professionals to identify which methods best fit a person’s needs, goals and preferences, adapting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging provides flexibility for busy schedules, reduces travel time and makes regular contact easier to maintain. These options allow clients to access consistent therapeutic support from different locations while working with therapists experienced in adapting approaches for remote formats.