Patricia Devlin, BACP

Patricia Devlin is a fully qualified Psychodynamic Counsellor and a registered member of the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She works with adults from diverse backgrounds, offering a collaborative and thoughtful approach that aims to make sense of emotional difficulties and relationship patterns.

Her practice centers on a careful exploration of emotional life, helping people address issues such as anxiety, depression or low mood, relationship difficulties, questions of identity, and a general sense of feeling stuck. Patricia uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how early experiences and unconscious patterns continue to shape the way a person thinks, feels, and connects with others in the present.

A key focus of her work is attachment theory - the principle that early relationships create templates for how we experience closeness, trust, and emotional safety. These templates can show up in adult life as difficulties with intimacy, fear of abandonment, emotional withdrawal, or patterns of people-pleasing. In therapy Patricia pays attention to how those attachment patterns influence current relationships and sense of self, and she uses the therapeutic relationship itself as a space to explore and begin to shift those patterns.

Her style is warm, attentive, and tailored to each person’s unique emotional world. By developing understanding and self-awareness, Patricia supports clients in making more empowered choices, building emotional resilience, and working toward more authentic, satisfying relationships.

Attachment and Psychodynamic Approaches Delivered Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape expectations about closeness and trust. Online sessions with Patricia explore those patterns to help clients understand difficulties with intimacy, fear of abandonment, and related relationship concerns, offering a pathway to more secure connections.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how unconscious patterns and past experiences influence current feelings and behaviour. In accessible, reflective conversation Patricia helps clients uncover recurring themes that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or a sense of being stuck, with the goal of increasing self-understanding and greater choice in everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Patricia collaborates with each person to identify which methods best suit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the focus as understanding and progress develop.

Online therapy provides flexible options - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - that make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life or access support from home. These options allow licensed professionals and therapists to offer consistent, ongoing care while accommodating different communication styles and practical needs.