Josephine Patten-Walsh , BACP

Josephine Patten-Walsh is a BACP accredited psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom with 10 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing emotional difficulties, helping them manage stress, work through traumatic events, and rebuild a sense of balance after challenging life changes.

She works to create a sense of safety for those she sees and helps people to name and understand their emotions, repair relationships, and reduce unhelpful behaviours. Josephine adapts her approach to suit short-term needs as well as longer-term personal development, working collaboratively to set goals and find practical ways forward.

Her training spans work with adults, adolescents, couples, and clinical supervisees. She is one of a small number of UK psychotherapists trained in AEDP, an integrative, trauma-informed model that combines neurobiological understanding with psychotherapeutic practice. She is also trained in contemporary cognitive behavioural approaches, uses creative interventions in therapy, and holds enhanced DBS status for work with children and vulnerable adults.

BACP accreditation indicates demonstrated proficiency and adherence to the professional ethical framework of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and her Clinical Supervision qualification underlines her experience supporting other practitioners. Josephine offers help with loss and bereavement, relationship difficulties including betrayal and intimacy issues, addictions and their family impact, traumatic events such as domestic abuse or sexual assault, and a range of mental health concerns including anxiety, panic, insomnia, self-harm and eating difficulties. She has carried out research into the mental health impact of neurodivergence and maintains an active interest in PTSD, complex trauma, minority stress, and the effects of migration on later generations. She works with adults, couples and teenagers to overcome obstacles to more satisfying lives and relationships.