Trudie Johnston , BACP, NCPS

Trudie Johnston is a UK-based counsellor with six years of client-facing experience. She works with adults and aims to make the first step into counselling feel easier. Trudie draws on a background in bereavement support and a range of therapeutic ideas to help people through hard times.

Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety and grief, and she supports people facing self-esteem issues, life changes and relationship concerns. She also helps with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related worries, anger and career stress. Longer-term health challenges such as chronic illness, cancer and caregiving strain are included in her practice.

Trudie trained initially in person-centred counselling and then expanded her approach to include attachment work, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic concepts. She adapts these ways of working to suit each person, aiming to use practical steps as well as talking things through. Sessions are intended to feel collaborative rather than prescriptive.

Clients can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to name difficult feelings and try out new ways of coping. She is registered with BACP, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and NCPS, National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. These credentials are listed as part of her professional background.

Trudie offers counselling in English from the United Kingdom and does not take international clients. If someone is ready to begin, the usual route is to complete a short matching form and then arrange sessions that suit their timetable.

How Trudie uses therapy methods online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can help people notice relational habits and try new ways of relating in the moment. Client-centred counselling focuses on listening and valuing the person's experience. In a remote session this means time to be heard, with the counsellor reflecting and supporting each step forward. Cognitive behavioural therapy uses straightforward exercises to spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviours; it often includes practical tasks between sessions to build different routines.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Trudie will discuss goals and preferences and then try methods that suit the person's needs. That collaborative process means techniques can be adjusted as understanding grows and life circumstances change.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling fit into daily life. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and reading non-verbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins, brief reflections or when writing feels more comfortable. These options aim to make it easier to attend and to keep therapy consistent around work, childcare and health commitments.