About Patricia
Patricia McIntosh is a counsellor with eight years of experience working with people across the United Kingdom. She holds a BACP accreditation and a Master of Science in Person-Centred Counselling, and she combines her training with a background in psychology to support clients facing difficult life moments.
Patricia focuses on stress, anxiety and depression, and she also helps people affected by trauma and abuse. Low self-esteem, relationship and intimacy concerns, career worries, grief and compassion fatigue are also areas she addresses.
How Patricia works
She works with LGBT clients and those struggling with sleep, anger and life transitions. Her style is person-centred, which means sessions begin with the client’s priorities. Patricia listens without judgement and helps people make sense of their thoughts and feelings.
She also draws on trauma-focused methods and EMDR to support those processing distressing memories. Sessions are offered both online across the UK and in person in Aberdeen’s West End. Patricia has worked in the voluntary sector, with insurance and Employee Assistance Programme providers, and in independent practice, giving her experience of different client needs and settings.
Practical work in sessions can include short goal-focused plans and solution-focused steps to help with immediate coping. Patricia aims to help people build resilience, find clearer direction and regain confidence in everyday life.
Patricia lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Patricia works with
The areas below are the ones Patricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on your priorities and understanding your experience. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears and helps you decide the next steps; this can help with anxiety, low mood and building confidence.EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process distressing memories and reduce their emotional intensity. In online sessions this work is adapted so clients can do the necessary bilateral stimulation and memory work with the therapist’s guidance.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Patricia will discuss goals, preferences and past experiences to choose methods that feel comfortable. She treats the choice of approaches as a collaborative decision and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and full conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit short check-ins or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while still working with registered or accredited professionals.
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