Patience Parker

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Stress and anxiety
• Addiction support

About Patience

Patience Parker helps people work on stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions, family concerns and experiences of trauma and abuse. She uses a client-centred approach and has four years' experience. Patience is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.

Patience works by listening and responding to what the person in the room brings. She focuses on building a steady, respectful therapeutic relationship and on understanding how thoughts, feelings and past experiences affect day-to-day life. Sessions aim to clarify what matters most and to support practical steps forward.

Her work often covers attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress and the effects of chronic pain, illness and disability. She also helps people facing commitment or communication problems, divorce and separation, and difficulties linked to family of origin or current family problems.

She has experience supporting people dealing with drug and alcohol addiction, fertility-related distress, guilt, shame and feelings of emptiness. Conversations can include exploring control issues, forgiveness and how earlier relationships shape present behaviour.

Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

How Client-Centred counselling works for online sessions

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and follows the client's priorities. This approach helps with issues such as low self-esteem, relationship problems and emotional difficulties following loss.

The therapeutic relationship is the main vehicle for change in this model. In practical terms this means the counsellor will support conversations about what matters to the client, and together they will agree how to proceed based on needs, goals and preferences. That choice is part of the work itself and will be reviewed as therapy progresses.

The biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling around day-to-day life, for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a busy day or making it simpler to attend when mobility is limited. Registered or accredited professionals can also adapt how sessions run to suit quieter surroundings, less reliable internet or a preference not to use video.

Topics Patience lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Attachment issues
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Divorce and separation
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Immigration issues
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Multicultural concerns
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Patience

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on the person's own perspective and the therapeutic relationship.

How much experience does she have?

Patience has four years of counselling experience.

Is she a registered counsellor in the UK?

Yes. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I have sessions in a language other than English?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

International clients are accepted.

What formats are her sessions available in?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

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