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Edyta Johnston

Edyta Johnston, BACP

United Kingdom

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BACP counsellor - guilt and shame support

  • Attachment work
  • CBT techniques
  • DBT skills

About Edyta

Edyta Johnston is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, neurodiversity and issues such as guilt and shame. Sessions are offered in English and Polish.

Edyta asks clients to begin with careful self-observation. That helps clarify where a person is and what feels most urgent. She focuses on building a steady therapeutic relationship as the basis for honest work about feelings and behaviours.

Her approach combines client-centred listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy. That mix aims to make sense of patterns and to practise different ways of responding to them. Attachment-based ideas are used to look at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness.

She also draws on elements of dialectical behaviour therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. Jungian therapy contributes attention to personal meaning and inner images for people who find that useful. These methods are placed alongside straightforward discussion and real-life tasks to try between sessions.

Clients often work on issues such as guilt, shame, codependency and attachment wounds. Work may include noticing triggers, questioning unhelpful thoughts, developing coping skills and testing new relational habits. Edyta encourages honesty in the room and careful reflection afterwards.

To begin, the process involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. The therapy uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time, and costs vary with location.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-centred therapy focuses on being heard and understood. Online sessions offer a place to talk through what matters, and the counsellor reflects back what she hears to help clients notice themselves. Cognitive behavioural therapy concentrates on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing alternatives. Practically this can involve setting short homework tasks and reviewing results together in subsequent online meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Edyta will discuss options and decide together with the client which methods fit best for their needs, goals and preferences. That way the plan can shift as things change rather than being fixed from the start.

The therapist's specific session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around everyday life, for example by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins between busy days, or avoiding the need to be on camera for every session. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online sessions to support steady progress while adapting practical details to each person's routine.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersCareer difficultiesCoping with life changes

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English, Polish

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she work with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, eating and sleeping issues, ADHD, and emotions like guilt and shame among other concerns.

How would she approach feelings of guilt and shame?

She uses self-observation and conversation to locate where the feeling comes from, combined with CBT-style thinking work and practical coping skills.

What is her clinical background and experience?

She has eight years of clinical work and uses a mix of attachment-based, client-centred, CBT, DBT and Jungian ideas in practice.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom.

Can I work with her in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English and Polish.

Does she accept clients from other countries?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions charged and what does it cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions are provided via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

What do I need to do to start?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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