Josephine Patten-Walsh, BACP
Calm, practical therapy for parenting and life stress
Book with Josephine- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Josephine
Josephine Patten-Walsh is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist with ten years of practice based in the United Kingdom. She is BACP accredited, and she offers straightforward help for stress, anxiety, grief, relationship pain and parenting concerns. Her approach is practical and warm, aimed at helping people understand feelings and change patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Clients meet a therapist who focuses on safety and clear steps.
Background and approach
Sessions often include noticing unhelpful behaviours and trying alternative ways of responding. Josephine draws on a mix of talking therapies and mindful, skills-based approaches to help people cope with crises and ongoing difficulties. She has particular experience supporting people after traumatic events, with addiction issues, chronic health challenges, sleep problems and compassion fatigue.
She also works with relationship pain, intimacy issues and the emotional strain of caregiving and bereavement. Her background includes research into neurodivergence and ongoing study of trauma-related conditions. Josephine uses methods that suit each person’s needs rather than a single formula.
She aims for clear, achievable goals and teaches practical tools to reduce distress and improve communication. Sessions can be short-term for a specific problem or longer-term for deeper change. Work is offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled through the site.
What Josephine works with
Everything Josephine lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Josephine helps people with.
- 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 lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches are used online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and to act in line with what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and parenting dilemmas. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them through small experiments, which can reduce panic, insomnia and low mood. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at emotions in relationships and helps people express needs more clearly to improve connection and intimacy.Deciding which of these approaches to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their preferences, and adjust the work as progress is seen. Many people benefit from combining elements from different approaches to suit their situation.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in, live chat suits someone who prefers typing in real time, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving and busy home lives while keeping the focus on practical coping and emotional understanding.
Questions people ask about Josephine
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, sleep problems and parenting concerns. Additional focus areas include chronic illness, caregiving stress and body image.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and practical, combining talking with skills practice and mindfulness. Sessions aim to make feelings easier to understand and behaviour easier to change.
What is her professional background?
She has ten years of clinical experience and has researched neurodivergence as part of her counselling degree. She continues study in PTSD and complex trauma.
What credentials and location are noted?
She holds BACP accreditation and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by pressing the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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