Judith Ramsay, BACP

Judith Ramsay offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship issues. She also helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, bipolar challenges, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Judith is a BACP counsellor working from the UK and uses practical, person-focused methods to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.

Judith graduated from Sunderland University with a BA (Hons) in Counselling and has eight years' experience. She works in an integrative way and draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Her work is tailored to each person's needs and aims to build on existing strengths.

In sessions she takes a straightforward, respectful approach. She listens first, then helps people identify small changes that can make a real difference. Conversations often include setting simple goals and practising ways to cope between meetings.

Judith has particular experience supporting people who care for others and adult survivors of childhood abuse. She uses that background to help clients explore how past and present stresses affect daily life, and to find manageable steps forward.

People who choose Judith can expect calm, practical support. She encourages collaboration and clear, realistic plans. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

How Judith’s approaches suit online work

Judith draws on Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to guide her practice online. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping a person use their own strengths to make changes, which can help when people want a steady, validating space to talk. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviours and introduces small practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Judith will discuss goals and preferences with each person and then agree how to combine methods. That means sessions are shaped around what the individual needs and what feels most useful in practice.

If you are thinking about online therapy, check which session formats are available before booking. Different formats can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time, enabling shorter check-ins, or offering options that need less bandwidth. Registered or accredited professionals, including therapists, can help you decide how to use online sessions so they fit with daily routines.