Counsellor profile
Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk, BACP
Counsellor - stress and grief
See online counselling options- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and bereavement
- Relationship issues
About Gemma
Counsellor Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk is a BACP member with four years' experience. She works in the United Kingdom and helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, depression and coping with life changes. Gemma offers one-to-one counselling informed by what has helped others in similar situations.
She trained as an integrative therapist and uses that flexibility to work in different ways with different people. That means she may draw on more than one therapeutic idea during sessions to respond to what a person needs in the moment. Sessions focus on talking through feelings and noticing patterns that keep problems repeating.
Gemma has experience in a hospice setting where she provided palliative care counselling, anticipatory grief work and bereavement support. That work feeds into her wider practice, particularly when people are dealing with loss, serious illness, or major life change. She is used to helping people who feel overwhelmed or unsure how to cope.
In a session she aims to offer clear reflections and practical steps alongside listening. Conversations can include exploring attachment and abandonment issues, communication and commitment difficulties, or the effects of chronic illness and caregiving stress. Gemma also supports people facing body image concerns and separation or divorce.
She keeps her professional development current and works in an ethical, reflective way. To start, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session through the site.
How therapeutic approaches shape online counselling
Gemma describes her work as integrative, which means she draws on different evidence-based techniques to suit the person. In practice that can include talking therapies that look at how past attachment patterns affect current relationships, and approaches that focus on the thoughts and behaviours that keep anxiety or low mood going. Each approach aims to make problems easier to understand and manage.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Gemma will explore a person’s needs, goals and preferences and agree together which ideas to use. This is collaborative: the therapist and client check in and adapt the way they work as sessions progress.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who need sessions outside normal office hours. Registered or accredited professionals can guide which format will work best for practical circumstances.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, depression and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment issues, body image and chronic illness impacts.
What is her therapeutic style?
She trained as an integrative therapist and may use a mix of approaches to suit the person. Sessions typically involve talking, reflection and practical steps to alter unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional experience, including work in a hospice setting offering palliative care counselling and bereavement support.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP in her details.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.