- Person-centred care
- Practical coping tools
- Responsive messaging
About Gemma
Gemma Pattison is a BACP-registered counsellor with eight years of experience in the United Kingdom. She welcomes people who are ready to talk about stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship concerns. Gemma describes therapy as a practical place to notice strengths and work through difficult feelings at a manageable pace.
Her background includes supporting people through bereavement, trauma and different forms of abuse. She also helps with issues such as parenting strain, sleep and eating struggles, addiction, career doubts and questions about intimacy. Gemma’s broad experience means she is used to helping people with overlapping problems, such as mood changes combined with physical health challenges.
Gemma’s main approach is client-centred counselling, which focuses on listening and following the person’s lead. She uses other ways of working when helpful, including attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and motivational interviewing tools. These are drawn on to make sessions practical and personalised.
In sessions Gemma aims to make things feel steady rather than overwhelming. She offers a calm space where someone can sort out thoughts, try new ways of coping, and build on what already works. She also responds regularly to messages between meetings to keep the process moving.
To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange times that suit them. Gemma works with English-speaking clients and accepts international clients, so people can connect from different places.
How Gemma’s approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based ideas focus on how relationships shape feelings and behaviour, and help people notice patterns that affect trust and closeness. This can be useful when someone wants to understand attachment wounds or improve how they relate to others. Client-centred counselling puts the person’s experience first, offering attentive listening and gentle reflection so someone can make sense of their thoughts and decide what to try next. Cognitive behavioural techniques look at how thoughts and actions interact and offer practical steps to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. Gemma works collaboratively to identify what feels most useful, adjusting methods to match the client’s goals and preferences. She explains options and checks in regularly so progress feels steady and manageable.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking. The biography indicates Gemma communicates by video, telephone and chat and that she responds actively to messages, so these are likely ways she will keep in touch. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time, helping conversations happen at times that suit everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
8+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Gemma help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship concerns, plus grief, trauma and various forms of abuse. She also supports people facing parenting strain, sleep and eating issues, addiction and career questions.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Gemma works in a client-centred way, listening and following the person’s lead. She mixes in practical tools from other approaches when they suit the client’s goals.
How long has she worked in counselling?
She has eight years of professional counselling experience in the UK.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people from other countries can connect for therapy.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Gemma?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.