Justine Howard, BACP

Justine Howard is a counsellor with 28 years' experience helping people face stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, low self-esteem and difficult life changes. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they find hard and begin to make small, practical changes.

Her approach is integrative, combining Person-Centred Counselling with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) so sessions can be shaped to each person's needs. That might mean mostly listening and reflecting in some weeks, or working on thought patterns and actions in others. She focuses on clear, doable steps alongside emotional support.

Justine has worked with people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, attachment concerns and autism spectrum issues. She also supports those facing chronic illness, cancer, caregiving strain, body image and relationship communication problems. These areas are often mixed together, and she helps people untangle what matters most to them.

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. Her practice is based in the United Kingdom and she draws on many years of client work to guide her approach. The credential BACP indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

She describes therapy as a collaborative process and encourages people to take the first step even when it feels hard. Practical coping tools and steady emotional support are combined so people can move at a pace that suits them.

How therapy approaches work online

Person-Centred Counselling focuses on listening, empathy and helping a person find their own answers. In practice this means the counsellor offers a respectful, non-judgemental space and mirrors back what the client shares so they can see their thoughts and feelings more clearly.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It uses simple tools to identify unhelpful thinking and to try alternative responses, which can help with anxiety, low mood and stressful life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will talk through what feels most helpful and adapt the balance between listening and practical techniques based on the person's needs, goals and preferences. It is a collaborative process rather than a fixed prescription.

The biography does not list which session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut out travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to choose quieter surroundings, or sessions that do not require being on camera, depending on the format agreed with the therapist.