Counsellor profile
Patricia Foster, BACP
Counsellor - stress and relationships
See online counselling options- Person-centred approach
- Cognitive behavioural tools
- Attachment focus
About Patricia
Counsellor Patricia Foster is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with 20 years' experience. She works in the United Kingdom and helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, self-esteem and other life difficulties listed in her profile. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Patricia uses a person-centred stance alongside cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-based thinking. She mixes practical skills and talking work to help people manage difficult feelings and patterns of behaviour. This can include steps for handling anxiety, coping with loss, or changing unhelpful thinking patterns.
She also draws on approaches such as dialectical behaviour ideas and emotionally focused work when these suit a person's needs. That means some sessions focus on emotion awareness, and others on building steady ways to respond when stress or anger rises. Patricia aims to help people recognise patterns in relationships and feelings and test different ways of responding.
Patricia has long experience supporting people facing trauma, abuse, relationship strain and parenting pressures. She has experience with addiction and with people who have personality-related difficulties. Her background includes training in addictions, child counselling and domestic violence.
Initial contact follows a short matching process and a first session is scheduled after that. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Prospective clients are asked to check current session formats before booking.
How her approaches work in online counselling
Patricia blends person-centred work with cognitive behavioural ideas and attachment-based thinking. Client-centred work focuses on the person's experience in the moment and on building a trusting working relationship; it helps people talk through feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety or low mood. Attachment-based approaches look at how early relationship patterns shape current relationships and can help with intimacy and repeated conflict.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Patricia will discuss goals and preferences and agree a way of working together. That conversation shapes whether sessions focus more on practical skills, emotion work, or relationship patterns, and it is reviewed as needs change.
The original biography does not specify which online session formats are offered. Please confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, travel and family commitments, and they can allow shorter check-ins or sessions that do not require being on camera if that suits the person. Registered or accredited professionals can offer a similar therapeutic process online as in person, with planning to suit each person's circumstances.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly work with?
Patricia helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and parenting issues among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a person-centred approach combined with cognitive behavioural techniques and attachment-based ideas. Other methods include dialectical behaviour and emotionally focused approaches when relevant.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of experience working with a wide range of difficulties and with people who have faced trauma, abuse or addiction.
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 profile.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current options when booking.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then 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.