Counsellor profile
Justine Howard, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - stress and anxiety
Continue with JustineWhere Justine stands
- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 413485
- Experience
- 28 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- Cognitive behavioural work
- Codependency focus
About Justine
Justine Howard is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 28 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, low self-esteem and coping with big life changes. She also sees people dealing with codependency, attachment and relationship patterns that leave them putting others first.
Justine offers a practical, person-centred way of working. Sessions focus on what is happening for the person now and what they want to change. She combines person-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques to help with overwhelming thoughts and unhelpful routines.
In a typical session she will listen to the client’s experience and help them make sense of repeated patterns. Where useful she teaches simple strategies to test out different ways of thinking and behaving. These can help reduce anxiety, manage difficult feelings after trauma, or shift people-pleasing habits.
She has particular experience with adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, attachment difficulties, and challenges linked to chronic illness or caring roles. Work also covers body image, eating concerns, commitment and control issues, and communication problems.
Justine accepts international clients and offers sessions that fit around busy lives. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session. Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
Approach online and what it offers
Justine primarily draws on person-centred counselling and cognitive behavioural techniques. Person-centred counselling focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters to the client, which helps when people feel lost in others' needs or need to understand their own responses. Cognitive behavioural work looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions, and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns such as anxiety or people-pleasing.Finding the right approach is often part of the early work. Justine will explore the issues, goals and preferences with the client and together decide whether more reflective listening or practical CBT-style exercises are a better fit. This is a collaborative process and can change over time as progress is made.
Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by cutting travel time or allowing a shorter check-in during a work break. They can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need lower bandwidth options. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can offer effective support via remote sessions when the method and timing suit the persons needs.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can she help with people-pleasing and boundaries?
Yes. She works with patterns like people-pleasing and difficulty saying no, using practical steps and reflective conversation to explore change.
What style of therapy does she use?
She blends person-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques, offering both listening and practical strategies for thoughts and behaviour.
How long has she been practising?
She has 28 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?
She is listed with the BACP as provided in her profile and practices in the United Kingdom.
Do sessions take place in any language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
Yes. She accepts international clients as stated in her profile.
What are the session formats?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.