Josephine Patten-Walsh, BACP
10 years in practice
Josephine Patten-Walsh is a BACP counsellor with ten years' experience working with adults, couples and teenagers.
License and registration
- BACP
- 373030 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Josephine
Josephine Patten-Walsh is a BACP counsellor with ten years' experience working with adults, couples and teenagers. She focuses on helping people cope when life feels overwhelming. Her approach aims to make sense of painful events and reduce behaviours that get in the way of daily life.
She uses a mix of emotion-focused work and practical strategies to help people feel steadier. That includes Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.
Background and approach
Sessions look at feelings, patterns and small steps that make a difference between appointments. Josephine also pays attention to attachment and relationship patterns. She helps people who struggle with trust, intimacy, abandonment or codependency to notice what keeps those patterns going and to try new ways of relating.
This can change how people handle arguments, loss and strained friendships. Her background includes work with trauma, bereavement, addiction and major life changes. She has experience supporting people affected by serious incidents and those navigating the criminal justice system.
She also researches neurodivergence and its impact on mental health. Josephine offers several session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. She works collaboratively to tailor the pace and focus to each person's needs, helping them build coping skills and clearer perspectives over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Josephine lists on their public professional profile, 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
How emotion-focused and acceptance-based work translates online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying and understanding core emotions and how they shape relationships. It helps people reconnect with what matters, manage intense feelings and improve closeness where relationships feel strained.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choosing actions that match personal values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood and getting unstuck from unhelpful patterns.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early connection patterns and how they repeat in adult relationships. It can help people who struggle with trust, abandonment or repeated relationship conflicts to try different ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to your goals, needs and preferences in a collaborative way. Together you will review what helps and adapt the plan as you go.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversational work and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or times when writing feels easier. These formats give flexibility and make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Josephine help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and many life changes. Additional areas include attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with CBT and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, focusing on feelings, patterns and practical steps. Sessions are collaborative and aim to build clearer ways of coping.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years' experience supporting adults, couples and teenagers, and has worked with trauma, bereavement and addiction-related issues. Her background includes research into neurodivergence and ongoing study of trauma.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a BACP counsellor and is based in the United Kingdom as stated in her profile.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are offered?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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