- Person-focused
- Skill-based
- Practical goals
About Justine
Justine Blakeman is a BACP counsellor who centres sessions on the person in front of her. She believes clients know their own story and brings a down-to-earth approach to help people make practical changes. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel heard and more able to act on their priorities.
She has six years of experience supporting people through stress and anxiety. She also helps with relationship strain, separation and matters relating to trauma and abuse. Parenting concerns, including domestic abuse and matters connected to family court or the criminal justice system in the UK, are part of her practice.
Justine uses a mix of talking approaches that fit the issue at hand. She draws on client-centred work to follow the client’s lead, and uses cognitive behavioural ideas to look at patterns that keep problems happening. She also includes elements of dialectical behaviour therapy and mindfulness to help manage strong emotions and build practical skills.
People come to her for issues such as codependency, attachment and abandonment fears, communication and control problems, and for help with grief, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties. She also supports those dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges and mood concerns like depression and bipolar disorder.
Starting with Justine means taking a step-by-step approach. She helps clients set simple goals, try small changes and reflect on what works. That practical, collaborative tone aims to make therapy feel manageable even when life feels overwhelming.
How Justine’s approaches translate to online work
Justine draws on client-centred methods that focus on the person’s priorities and on cognitive behavioural techniques that look at thoughts and actions keeping problems going. Client-centred work means sessions follow what matters most to the client, while CBT gives simple experiments and steps to try between meetings. Dialectical behaviour therapy ideas and mindfulness exercises are also used to help manage intense feelings and build emotional skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needed so the work feels useful and realistic.
Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can help fit therapy around daily life, making it easier to schedule sessions between commitments, reduce travel time and use shorter check-ins when that suits the day. Many people find it simpler to bring therapy into their routine while still working on the same therapeutic goals they would cover in face-to-face sessions.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, grief, addictions and eating or sleeping problems among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is person-centred and practical, combining listening with active work on patterns using CBT and DBT-informed tools.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of work with clients in therapeutic settings.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not work with international clients at this time.
How are fees and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and book a session according to her availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.