- Guilt and shame
- Relationship issues
- Anxiety and stress
About Justine
Justine Whitehill is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years' practice. She works with people who are carrying guilt and shame alongside stress, anxiety, grief, depression and other life pressures.
Her approach grows from a person-centred foundation. She listens closely and follows what each person brings to sessions. That often means using creative ways to help people talk through feelings, name painful memories, or practise different ways of responding to hard moments.
She has experience supporting people with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, attachment and abandonment worries, and parenting difficulties. She also works with issues such as addiction, anger, low self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related struggles.
Justine has worked with a wide age range of people and has used art and other creative tools where these help someone find words for what feels stuck. She is open to exploring trauma and abuse, bereavement and loss, chronic illness or pain, and the complex emotions that follow separation or domestic violence.
Sessions aim to help people understand how guilt and shame show up in their lives and to practise different ways of responding. She will collaborate with each person to decide what feels most useful in the room, drawing on conversation, creative exercises and reflective work.
If someone wants to begin, they use the site process to match and book a first session and then see how the approach fits their needs.
How therapeutic approaches shape online work
Person-centred work focuses on listening and responding to what each person brings. Online sessions using this approach tend to be conversational, allowing the client to set the pace and topics while the counsellor reflects and clarifies what matters most. This suits people who need space to name guilt or shame and to consider different ways of relating to those feelings.Creative therapeutic techniques use art, writing or other expressive tasks to help people access emotions that are hard to talk about. Online, these methods can involve simple at-home exercises or prompts discussed during the session, which can be useful for working with trauma, grief, body image or longstanding shame.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and experiment with different methods. Decisions about which techniques to use are made collaboratively and reviewed as therapy progresses.
Session formats are not listed in the original profile, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed and avoid travel time. They can also make creative tasks simpler to continue between meetings, helping therapeutic work to link into everyday life.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she work with?
She works with guilt and shame alongside stress, anxiety, grief, depression and life changes. Additional areas include relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, self-esteem and ADHD-related struggles.
How does she approach guilt and shame in sessions?
She starts from a person-centred base and follows what the client brings. Sessions often use deep listening, conversation and creative exercises to help people name and respond to difficult feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has four years of professional practice working with a broad range of issues including trauma, bereavement, relationship problems and neurodiversity.
What professional accreditation does she hold and where is she located?
She is registered with the BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be done in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.