Robyn Pitcher , BACP

Robyn Pitcher is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She holds BACP accreditation and works with adults on issues such as grief, trauma, self-esteem and intimacy-related concerns. She practises in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.

Robyn draws on practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy when they suit a person's needs. She also uses solution-focused strategies to help people set small, achievable goals. The choice of approach is tailored to each person and adjusted over time as progress is made.

Robyn has three years of experience and previously completed training and practice in South Africa. Her background includes working with people affected by abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault, and she is familiar with how these experiences can affect everyday life and relationships.

In sessions she aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk through painful feelings and confusing situations. She focuses on listening, validating experiences and helping people make practical changes that reduce distress. Therapy can involve looking at patterns of thought and behaviour, learning emotion-regulation skills, and setting step-by-step goals.

Robyn also helps with concerns linked to parenting, career decisions, chronic illness, body image and ADHD-related difficulties. She supports people coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and feelings of isolation by helping them build resilience and clearer ways forward.

How therapy approaches work online with practical tools

Robyn blends person-centred counselling with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people understand and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. CBT focuses on identifying patterns of thought that increase anxiety or low mood and then testing and changing them through small experiments and homework tasks. This approach is often used for stress, anxiety, depression and mood-related concerns.

She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT techniques can help people manage intense emotions, reduce impulsivity and improve interpersonal effectiveness. Together these approaches give a mix of gentle listening and concrete skills work that can be adjusted to what the person needs.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and daily demands, and decide collaboratively which techniques to try first. Plans can be reviewed and changed as therapy progresses to suit the person's pace.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which offer different practical benefits. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments.