Patricia Thomas, BACP

Patricia Thomas is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with 25 years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports those dealing with trauma and abuse, and with intimacy or family-related concerns.

Patricia begins by listening to each person's story and recognising their existing strengths. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them use what already works. Sessions focus on practical steps that reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day coping.

Her approach draws on Client-Centred methods that prioritise the client's perspective and emotionally-focused techniques that look at attachment and how feelings shape relationships. She also uses solution-focused strategies to build small, concrete changes. These methods are useful for issues like codependency, communication problems, boundaries and commitment worries.

In work with relationship matters, Patricia pays attention to patterns around abandonment, attachment and avoidance. She aims to help people notice how those patterns affect choices and responses, and to try different ways of relating. This can include looking at body image, self-esteem and anger that get in the way of connection.

Patricia has experience supporting people through separation, domestic violence-related impacts, dissociation and the complex emotions that come with infidelity or family conflict. She combines practical coping strategies with reflective conversations so people can make clearer decisions about their relationships and life changes.

How her approaches translate to online work