Justine Blakeman

Justine Blakeman is a BACP counsellor with six years of direct therapeutic work. She focuses on clear, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain and the effects of trauma and abuse. She aims to listen without judgement and help clients find ways forward that fit their lives.

Justine encourages people to recognise their own strengths and build on them. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit each person. She often helps clients untangle relationship and separation issues, and offers practical guidance around parenting challenges and navigating the family court or criminal justice systems in the UK.

Her approach draws on several well-known methods, tailored to each person rather than applied rigidly. She uses client-centred conversations to understand what matters most, and can introduce skills from cognitive behavioural work to manage stress and mood changes. Mindfulness and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy are used where helpful to build coping skills and emotional regulation.

Justine also supports people facing grief, addiction struggles, eating and sleep difficulties, or career and life-change stresses. She works with concerns such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, communication breakdowns and issues around control and commitment.

She values practical progress over labels, helping people move from stuck patterns to clearer choices. If someone is unsure where to start, she guides them through the first steps and helps set goals that feel achievable.

How Justine's approaches translate to online counselling

Justine combines client-centred work with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and following the client's lead to find what matters most. Cognitive behavioural work looks at patterns of thought and behaviour and teaches straightforward skills to manage stress and low mood. Dialectical behaviour therapy offers skills for emotional regulation and managing intense feelings when those are causing difficulty.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow more flexible scheduling. It also supports shorter check-ins or sessions that do not require being on camera, which can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quick appointment is needed.