Patience Destiny , BACP

Patience Destiny is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and issues around eating and self-esteem. She brings 13 years of experience and a warm, interactive style that aims to make talking about hard things feel manageable. She welcomes people with diverse backgrounds and supports those exploring identity, LGBT concerns, career strain and relationship difficulties.

Her sessions are conversational and tailored. She listens first, then helps people work out practical next steps. She makes room for humour and creativity when clients want to use them in therapy. Patience treats each person as the expert on their own life and adapts her approach to what feels most helpful.

Patience draws on a mix of approaches rather than a single method. That includes acceptance and commitment ideas for working with values and avoidance, cognitive behavioural tools for unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and client-centred work that focuses on a compassionate therapeutic relationship. She also uses mindfulness and narrative techniques when they suit a person’s goals.

People come to Patience for short or longer-term support. Common concerns include depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, sleep problems, addictions, and coping with major life changes such as divorce or bereavement. She also assists with body image, adoption and foster care issues, and caregiver stress.

Sessions are offered to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Patience works by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging so clients can choose the format that fits their life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful avoidance and reconnect with their values. Online ACT sessions often use short exercises and practical steps to help clients act in ways that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and then practising new ways of responding. In remote sessions CBT can include brief worksheets, thought records and between-session tasks adapted for phone or messaging. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises an accepting, non-judgemental counsellor relationship and lets a person lead the pace and focus of the work; it is useful for people who need a steady, supportive space to talk through feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Patience will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. That means checking in about goals, adjusting techniques over time, and trying different ways of working until the client feels it is helpful.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that matters, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options let people fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping continuity of care with a single counsellor or therapist.