Gemma Pattison
Person-centred counsellor with integrative tools
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About Gemma
Gemma Pattison is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She holds BACP accreditation, which is listed as her credential. Gemma aims to make the first steps into therapy feel a little easier for people who are anxious about reaching out.
Her practice focuses on short and longer term issues including stress, anxiety, low mood, depression and loss. She also supports people facing relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and various forms of abuse.
Background and approach
Gemma lists additional areas such as addiction, ADHD, grief, intimacy-related concerns and career strain among the topics she addresses. Gemma describes a person-centred style that treats each person as the expert in their own story. That approach creates space for people to talk at their own pace while the counsellor listens and reflects back what they hear.
She also uses ideas from cognitive behavioural therapy, attachment work, mindfulness and motivational interviewing when these tools suit a person’s needs. Sessions are described as non-judgemental and practical, with attention to strengths and small steps forward. Gemma says she regularly responds to messages between sessions to support ongoing work.
The tone she brings aims to balance warmth with clear, task-oriented focus. People interested in working with Gemma are asked to use the service Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to therapist availability. International clients may be accepted and sessions are conducted in English.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 8
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 381938
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Gemma's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Gemma works with
Everything Gemma lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gemma lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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 Gemma works online
She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small practical changes to behaviour. CBT can be useful for anxiety, low mood and problems that feel stuck in repetitive patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, then match methods in a collaborative way rather than imposing a single technique.
The original biography does not specify particular session formats to advertise here, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals offering online work often adapt exercises, homework and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so progress can continue between meetings.
Questions and answers
What concerns does Gemma support?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and grief alongside relationship problems, trauma and abuse. Other areas listed include ADHD, addictions, self-esteem and career strain.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is predominantly person-centred, offering a non-judgemental space where the client leads the pace. She also draws on CBT, mindfulness and motivational interviewing when helpful.
How much experience does she have?
Gemma has eight years of professional work experience in counselling roles.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She lists BACP as her credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
In what languages can sessions take place?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are accepted, so people outside the UK can be matched for sessions.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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