Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk, BACP

Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk is a counsellor who helps people deepen their self-understanding and find practical ways forward when life feels overwhelming. She emphasizes the importance of the therapeutic relationship and aims to provide a non-judgmental, respectful space where clients can explore their experiences and emotions without pressure.

Trained as an integrative therapist, Gemma draws on a variety of evidence-based techniques so that sessions are tailored to each person rather than following a one-size-fits-all model. Her approach offers different perspectives to help clients reframe current difficulties or life events from both the past and present, and to discover coping strategies that feel authentic and useful.

Gemma’s background includes work in a hospice setting, where she provided palliative care counselling, anticipatory grief support, and bereavement care. That experience informs her wider practice, particularly when people are navigating loss, uncertainty, or changes in how they cope. She is committed to ongoing professional development and reflective practice to ensure she can offer thoughtful, up-to-date support. Gemma holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates adherence to professional standards.

Integrative and Grief-Focused Care Delivered Online

Gemma uses an integrative approach, combining techniques from different evidence-based therapies to match the needs of each person. This flexible way of working can help with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, low mood, and navigating life changes by adapting tools and perspectives that suit the individual.

She also brings specific experience in palliative and bereavement support, offering sensitive guidance for anticipatory grief and loss. That experience supports work with people facing complicated endings, shifts in roles, or the emotional impact of illness and caregiving.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Gemma works collaboratively with clients to identify what feels most helpful. Together they explore goals, preferences, and practical ways of working so the method evolves with the client’s needs.

Online therapy with Gemma is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals and therapists without needing to travel, while still enabling meaningful, goal-oriented therapeutic work.