Justine Blakeman, BACP
Practical, person-led counselling for parenting and life strain
Book with Justine- Years in practice
- 6
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Justine
Justine Blakeman is a counsellor and a BACP member with six years of client work. She focuses on practical, person-led support for people facing stressful or painful times. Her way of working aims to make the first steps feel manageable and respectful of each person’s experience.
Justine uses a client-centred approach that treats the person as the expert in their own life. She blends this with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy tools, mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions are straightforward and aim to build skills and clarity rather than labels. She supports people with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and addiction-related problems. Relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, grief, intimacy concerns and issues around self-esteem are also within her focus areas.
Additional topics she addresses include abandonment, attachment, blended family dynamics, communication problems and fatherhood issues. Justine also works with people affected by trauma and domestic violence, and she can talk through the impact of court and criminal justice processes in the UK. Her practice includes helping with sleep and eating difficulties, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related coping strategies.
Her sessions aim to combine listening with practical techniques. She encourages people to set small, realistic goals and to build on existing strengths. The tone is collaborative and paced to suit each person’s needs.
What Justine works with
Everything Justine lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Justine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Justine lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Using practical approaches in online therapy
Client-centred work places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor following the person’s agenda and pace. This approach helps when people want to feel heard and build confidence in their own responses.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and teaches straightforward techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and parenting stress where practical steps can make a difference.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, DBT, offers skills for regulating emotions and improving communication. Short DBT tools can help when anger, impulsive behaviour or relationship conflict are getting in the way.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences and what has helped before, then agree a plan together. That means methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses to suit changing needs.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to make it easier to fit sessions into daily life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days, while chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or when writing things out helps. These options aim to make access more flexible and manageable.
Questions people ask about Justine
What concerns can Justine help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar. Her practice also covers relationship difficulties, parenting questions, trauma and domestic abuse, addictions, grief, sleep and eating issues, and related topics.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is client-centred and collaborative. She mixes practical techniques from CBT and DBT with mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and try new responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of client therapeutic work experience supporting people through a variety of life challenges and transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a BACP member and works with people located in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the UK?
She does not accept international clients at this time and works with people in the United Kingdom.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions may be held via video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How are costs and starting therapy handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and is arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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