Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk

• Stress and anxiety
• Grief and bereavement
• Relationship issues

About Gemma

Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk works on stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief, depression and coping with life changes using an integrative approach built around the relationship between counsellor and client. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has four years' experience working in counselling roles.

Gemma describes her practice as integrative, which means she draws on different therapeutic ideas to suit each person's situation. Sessions focus on understanding current difficulties and on practical ways to manage feelings and everyday challenges. Conversations can include looking at past experiences that affect the present, and trying different perspectives on problems such as communication or commitment issues.

She has specific experience in hospice settings, providing palliative care counselling, anticipatory grief and bereavement support. That work has informed how she helps people coping with loss, serious illness, chronic pain or the effects of ageing and caregiving responsibilities. It has also shaped her approach to grief linked to life changes or separation.

Gemma works with a wide range of concerns beyond grief, including body image, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, divorce and domestic violence. She also supports people facing cancer, chronic illness, co-morbidity and stress from caregiving or disasters. Practical coping strategies are often part of sessions.

She keeps up professional development and personal reflection as part of her practice. To begin, callers are invited to use the site matching process and then arrange a first session, where goals and next steps are discussed.

How Gemma uses integrative methods in online counselling

Integrative counselling means combining different therapeutic ideas to suit the person's needs. This can include exploring how past experiences shape current reactions and trying practical techniques to reduce stress or manage mood. It is useful for concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems and coping with life changes.

Work informed by bereavement and palliative care focuses on grief and loss in a direct way. That approach pays attention to practical coping, managing difficult feelings and helping people adapt when previous ways of coping are no longer working. It can also help with chronic illness, caregiving strain and age-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will collaborate with the client to agree goals and test what methods help most. Sessions typically begin by identifying priorities and then trying approaches that fit the client's needs and preferences.

Session formats are not listed in the profile, so confirm available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work or family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when needed and remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use digital sessions to make counselling more convenient while working on the same kinds of issues addressed in face-to-face work.

Topics Gemma lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues

Questions about Gemma

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she addresses in sessions.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises an integrative counselling approach, drawing on different therapeutic ideas to suit the client's needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has four years' experience working in counselling roles.

Is she registered with a professional body in the UK?

She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified in the profile; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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