Patricia Devlin

• Psychodynamic therapy
• Attachment-based therapy
• Grief and loss

About Patricia

Patricia Devlin helps people work through relationship problems, trauma, grief, low mood and major life changes using psychodynamic and attachment-focused counselling. She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years' experience in practice.

Patricia works with adults from a range of backgrounds and cultures. She takes a collaborative, thoughtful approach and aims to make sense of patterns that keep repeating in everyday life. Sessions focus on understanding feelings, repeated relationship dynamics and the stories people tell about themselves.

Her psychodynamic work looks at how early experiences and unconscious patterns influence current thoughts, feelings and relationships. That can include attention to recurring themes such as fear of abandonment, emotional withdrawal or difficulties with intimacy. Talking these through helps people notice patterns and consider different ways of relating.

Attachment-based work examines how early bonds shape expectations about closeness and trust. Patricia attends to how those attachment patterns appear in the therapeutic relationship and in a person's life. Over time this can help people develop steadier emotional responses and greater clarity about what they want from relationships.

Sessions are conversational and reflective. Patricia listens for repeated themes, gently links current difficulties to earlier experience, and helps people try out new ways of thinking and acting. She encourages practical reflection between sessions and supports people as they apply insights to everyday situations.

How her psychodynamic and attachment approaches work online

Patricia uses psychodynamic counselling to look at how early experiences influence present thoughts, feelings and relationships. This approach helps people notice repeated emotional patterns and consider new responses to familiar problems.

That work is useful for people dealing with fear of abandonment, difficulty with intimacy or patterns of emotional withdrawal.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia discusses aims, preferences and practical needs with each person and together they decide which methods to use. She treats the process as a collaboration and reviews progress as therapy continues.

Please confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not specify formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow check-ins during a lunch break or between appointments. Ask about specific session arrangements when you complete the matching questionnaire.

Topics Patricia lists

• Relationship issues
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Emptiness
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Isolation and loneliness
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Patricia

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. She helps people address relationship issues, commitment questions and attachment-related difficulties.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She offers psychodynamic counselling with an emphasis on attachment-based work to explore early relationship patterns and current difficulties.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years' experience working as a counsellor.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she take international clients?

She does not currently accept international clients.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start a course of counselling with her?

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