Justine Gibbs, BACP

Counsellor Justine Gibbs is a BACP member with six years' experience. She works with issues such as relationship difficulties, family concerns, low self-esteem, career questions, stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strains, anger and depression.

Justine draws on practical experience from work in healthcare, teaching, employability and disability support. She uses a mix of therapeutic approaches rather than one fixed method. Sessions focus on simple, usable tools to help people manage feelings and everyday pressures. She aims to help people regain a sense of control and clearer direction in day-to-day life.

Her way of working is straightforward and flexible. She adapts plans as conversations unfold and suggests exercises to practise between sessions. The emphasis is on what helps most for each person rather than following a single model.

Justine references a range of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, Client-Centred work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She also uses clinical intuition informed by lived experience as a parent and advocate for disability issues.

Sessions are meant to be practical and down to earth. Typical topics covered include communication problems, codependency, blended family issues, body image and coping with chronic illness. People who want clear steps and tools to try between meetings may find this approach useful.

Therapeutic approaches and online counselling