Bernadette Wilkie

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions support
• DBT and MI methods

About Bernadette

Bernadette Wilkie works on stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression and related concerns using the client as the expert of their story. She draws on clients' strengths and a collaborative approach to help them manage difficult feelings and life changes. Bernadette is registered with NCPS and has ten years of professional experience.

She uses Client-Centred Therapy to focus on what matters to the person in front of her, and she brings techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to address intense emotions and motivation for change. Sessions are conversational and practical, with attention to coping skills and clearer decisions.

Bernadette works with a wide range of issues including relationship and family difficulties, parenting strains, anger, self-esteem and career concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, sleep difficulties, and compassion fatigue. Addiction-related work covers drug and alcohol problems and compulsive behaviours.

Her practice pays attention to attachment and commitment issues, abandonment and feelings of emptiness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, jealousy and isolation. She also addresses obsessions, compulsions and OCD-related patterns and helps people explore life purpose and forgiveness.

Sessions are conducted in English and are based in the United Kingdom. International clients are not currently accepted. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Therapeutic approaches used in online counselling

Bernadette draws on Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening to the person's experience and working at their pace to identify what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a clearer sense of direction or a place to talk things through.

She also uses Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills to help manage strong emotions and reduce reactive behaviours. DBT techniques are practical and often include breathing, grounding and emotion regulation skills for times of high distress.

Motivational Interviewing is used to explore readiness for change and support commitment to new goals. This method is helpful for addiction-related change and for people who feel stuck between choices.

Finding the right way of working is a joint process. Bernadette will discuss which approaches fit each person's needs, goals and preferences and adjust the plan as therapy progresses. The aim is to agree clear goals and practical steps together.

Confirm session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them. Online counselling can make sessions easier to fit into everyday life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day, or avoiding the need to be on camera when that is not wanted. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to help maintain continuity of care and to support clients juggling work, family and other commitments.

Topics Bernadette lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Addictions
• Grief
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Impulsivity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Process addictions
• Self-love
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Motivational Interviewing

Questions about Bernadette

Does she work with anxiety and stress?

Yes. She helps people manage stress and anxiety with practical coping skills and therapeutic conversation.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses Client-Centred Therapy and integrates techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to suit the person's needs.

How long has she been practising?

She has ten years of professional experience working with a range of mental health and behavioural concerns.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with NCPS.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Will she take clients from outside the UK?

She does not take clients outside the United Kingdom.

How much do sessions cost?

Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started with her counselling?

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