Wendy Joseph, BACP

Wendy Joseph BACP is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who uses relationship-focused and body-aware approaches to help people through major life challenges. She combines attachment-based thinking with client-centred conversations and mindfulness to address stress, anxiety, trauma and other concerns. Her style is calm and flexible, and she aims to work at the client’s pace while offering practical tools.

Wendy draws on 16 years of experience in mental health alongside prior work as a registered mental health nurse. She has a Master of Science with distinction in Public Health and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Psychology. Her background includes health research on autism, domestic violence and dementia risk prediction.

In sessions she offers structured programmes when helpful, such as attachment style work, emotional regulation, ADHD coaching, anxiety management and relationship repair. She also uses measures from an external psychology company to track wellbeing and progress. Wendy keeps learning through substantial continuing professional development each year.

Her practice pays attention to trauma, neurodivergence and caregiving stresses, and she can recommend evidence-informed resources and self-report tools. Wendy has run therapy groups covering stress, sleep and coping with voices, and she brings those group insights into individual work when relevant.

Clients can expect a compassionate but practical focus, with options for skills work, reflective discussion and somatic-informed strategies. The emphasis is on finding approaches that fit the person’s goals and rhythms, not on a single fixed method.

How Wendy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behaviour; online sessions can use conversation and reflective exercises to identify attachment patterns and try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the session, with the counsellor listening, reflecting and following the client’s lead to build understanding and self-awareness. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple practices to reduce reactivity and improve present-moment focus, which can be taught and practised during remote appointments.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Wendy aims to collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs and goals. She will discuss options, try approaches, and adapt them as the work progresses so the plan fits the client rather than forcing a single model.

The practical benefits of online therapy include easier fitting of sessions into a busy week and less travel time, which can make regular work more sustainable. Online working can also allow for shorter check-ins or flexible scheduling to suit work breaks or caregiving routines. Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know which formats are available and how they might fit into your daily life.