Patricia Devlin , BACP

Patricia Devlin offers therapy for adults who are dealing with relationship strain, grief, depression or trauma. She focuses on helping people who feel stuck, isolated, or uncertain about their next steps. Patricia introduces a calm, attentive presence and works alongside clients to make sense of painful patterns.

Patricia draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how past experiences still shape day-to-day feelings and reactions. She helps clients notice repeating patterns and the hidden reasons behind them, so they can try different ways of relating and feeling. This work often makes difficult feelings easier to name and manage.

Attachment-based approaches are a clear part of her practice. Patricia looks at the ways early relationships set expectations about closeness, trust and safety. By exploring these templates, clients can start to shift habits like push-pull in relationships, fear of abandonment, or chronic people-pleasing.

Sessions are conversational and reflective. Patricia listens closely, offers observations, and helps clients connect current struggles to older patterns. She frames the therapeutic relationship as a place to experiment with new ways of being and relating.

Patricia is a member of the BACP, with three years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom. She works in English and provides sessions online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. The focus is practical understanding and gradual change that fits each person’s life.

How attachment and psychodynamic approaches work online

Patricia uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how early experiences shape current feelings and behaviour. This approach helps people notice repeating emotional patterns and the reasons behind them, which can make difficult reactions easier to change.

She also draws on attachment-based work, which focuses on how early relationships set expectations for closeness and trust. That perspective is helpful for people dealing with fear of abandonment, emotional withdrawal, or difficulty forming secure connections.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Patricia will discuss your history, goals and preferences and work together to decide which ideas to use. The process is collaborative and can shift over time as your needs change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging can fit into a busy day and offer regular, brief contact between sessions. Together these options make it easier to fit therapy into work and family life while maintaining continuity of care.