About Josephine
Josephine Cleverly helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and life changes. She also supports those facing grief, parenting strain, addiction concerns, anger and career pressures. Josephine works with people experiencing intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, ADHD and a range of family difficulties.
Josephine has six years of professional experience and holds BACP accreditation. She studied a BA in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling in Lancashire and completed a Masters in Integrative Counselling in Melbourne, Australia.
How Josephine works
Her background includes time as a school counsellor at a large international school in Singapore, where she worked with a varied client range. Her training is integrative, so she draws on several approaches rather than a single method. That can include attachment ideas, play-based activities, person-centred listening, cognitive-behavioural techniques and solution-focused work.
She adapts the mix to suit each person she sees. In sessions Josephine follows a person-led style. She uses both creative work and talking to help people process thoughts and feelings in ways that feel natural.
Practical tools and short-term strategies are offered alongside space to explore deeper issues when that is helpful. Josephine aims to treat people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. She will tailor conversations and plans to each person’s situation.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
What Josephine works with
The areas below are the ones Josephine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches and online access
Josephine draws on integrative, evidence-informed techniques to support people in different ways. Attachment-based ideas help look at how early relationships shape current feelings and patterns, which can be useful for relationship issues and attachment concerns. Person-centred work focuses on listening deeply and following the client’s priorities, allowing people to set the pace and topics of conversation. Cognitive-behavioural techniques offer practical tools to manage anxiety and low mood by changing thoughts and behaviours.Choosing the right combination is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most comfortable, then try approaches that match those needs. That way the plan can change as progress is made and new priorities appear.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video is helpful when visual contact matters, phone can be easier with low bandwidth, chat and messaging suit brief check-ins or when typing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, study and family life while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
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