Justine Blakeman

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship separation
• Trauma and abuse

About Justine

Justine Blakeman works with stress, anxiety, relationship and separation issues, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She uses a person-focused style and draws on several evidence-based approaches. She is a BACP member and has six years of client therapeutic work experience.

She helps people who are coping with separation, domestic abuse, or the pressures of family and court processes in the UK. Sessions focus on practical ways to manage worry, strong emotions, and the impact of past harm. Justine aims to build on a person’s existing strengths and life experience to make changes that feel manageable.

Her work commonly involves talking through current problems, learning ways to reduce distress, and practising new ways of responding to difficult thoughts and feelings. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to look at patterns of thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy are used to help with emotional regulation and distress tolerance.

She also uses a client-centred approach to keep the conversation focused on the person’s priorities, and motivational interviewing when people are weighing up change. That combination is used with issues such as addiction, grief, parenting strain, and work stress.

Justine keeps sessions practical and focused on small steps. People commonly work on sleep, eating concerns, anger, or improving communication. She can also support those facing career decisions, coping with life changes, or recovery after abuse.

Sessions are conducted in English and reflect UK family and court contexts when relevant. Before booking, people are asked to confirm the current session formats offered by the service.

How her approaches work in online counselling

Client-centred work places the person’s priorities at the heart of each session and focuses on what the client says matters most, helping them to set the pace and topics for discussion. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at current patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical strategies for reducing anxiety, improving sleep, or changing unhelpful habits.

Dialectical behaviour therapy teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive responses. These skills can help with anger, relationship strain, and coping after traumatic experiences. Together these approaches offer a mix of conversation, skills practice and small behavioural experiments tailored to the person’s goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss options and agree a way forward that fits the client’s needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method. This is a collaborative process and can change as progress is made.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so people should confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also support ongoing work across changes such as court processes or relocation, while the counsellor and client agree the best practical arrangements.

Topics Justine lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Blended family issues
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Eating and food-related issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Narcissism
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Women's issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Justine

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She supports people to manage worry, panic and ongoing stress using practical techniques.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred work alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, mindfulness and motivational interviewing.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of client therapeutic work experience.

Is she registered with a professional body?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

Are sessions offered in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

No, she does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin a first session?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.