Justin Andrews , BACP

Justin Andrews is a BACP-registered UK counsellor with a long history of working across social care and mental health settings. He combines clinical counselling with practical experience in mental health, learning disabilities and neurodiversity, criminal justice, and work with young people, supporting clients through a wide range of challenges including stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and life transitions.

He has supported people facing complexities such as chronic illness, parenting challenges, career issues, ADHD, and intimacy-related concerns, bringing a calm, grounded approach to often difficult conversations. Justin also works with family and relationship issues, anger, low self-esteem, and the particular stresses that can follow separation or major life changes.

Alongside his counselling practice, Justin teaches counselling and shares mindfulness and meditation practices, including work in a nearby prison. He has practiced personal development and meditation since his teenage years and draws on that lived experience when offering mindfulness-based techniques and emotionally focused, client-centered, and cognitive approaches in sessions. Justin believes people have the capacity to learn more about themselves, adapt, and grow even when facing significant difficulties, and he aims to support clients in finding meaning and improved wellbeing through collaborative work.

Practical therapeutic approaches for online counselling

Justin often blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness-based practices to support online clients. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a warm, non-directive relationship where the therapist follows the client’s pace and priorities, helping with self-exploration and improving relationships. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) offers structured tools to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday difficulties. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple attention and breathing practices drawn from meditation to help manage stress, enhance emotional regulation, and increase present-moment awareness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Justin works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the plan as progress is made and circumstances change.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone conversations, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, or mobility limitations, and allow clients and licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care even when meeting in person is difficult.