Patricia Thomas, BACP

Patricia Thomas is a UK-licensed therapist with 25 years of professional experience who supports individuals and couples through a wide range of life challenges. She is BACP registered - BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a calm, strengths-based approach to her work. Patricia helps people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and family conflicts, and address trauma and abuse, while also offering support for depression, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and body-image issues, parenting struggles, anger, self-esteem, and adjusting to life changes.

Her practice includes focused work on abandonment and attachment issues, avoidant and dependent personality patterns, codependency and commitment difficulties, communication and control problems, dissociation, divorce and separation, domestic violence, family problems, guilt and shame, and infidelity. She also integrates coaching elements when appropriate to help clients set goals and develop practical coping strategies. Patricia believes that each person is the expert in their own story and draws on clients strengths to help them move toward a more fulfilling and happier life. Taking the first step can be daunting, and Patricia offers steady, nonjudgmental support throughout the therapeutic process. She also works with couples to address relational patterns and rebuild connection.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy and Support

Patricia draws on several established therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an accepting, empathetic space where the therapist follows the client’s lead - this helps people explore feelings, build self-understanding, and strengthen confidence when facing stress, anxiety, or self-esteem concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on emotional experience and attachment patterns within relationships - it is often used in couples work to improve connection, resolve recurring conflicts, and address intimacy-related issues. Solution-Focused Therapy is practical and goal-oriented, emphasizing small, achievable steps and coping strategies to manage current problems and move toward specific life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Patricia works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they explore options and adapt the work as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Patricia is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and access consistent support from registered professionals and therapists regardless of local constraints.