Patricia (Trish) Igoe, BACP

Patricia (Trish) Igoe helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strain, low self-esteem and career worries. She is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom with ten years of experience. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel heard and understood.

Trish uses a mix of approaches so sessions can be tailored to what clients need. She draws on attachment-based ideas to look at patterns in close relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Emotion-focused ideas are used when emotions need naming and gentle processing.

In conversation she keeps language simple and practical. People can expect to talk about real day-to-day problems. Together they set small goals and try out new ways of coping between sessions. The emphasis is on steady steps rather than quick fixes.

Trish often helps with issues linked to abandonment, attachment and communication problems. She also supports people facing addiction, codependency, jealousy, infidelity and the emotional impact of long-term illness such as cancer. Work on guilt, shame and forgiveness is available for those who need it.

Sessions are offered in English and run online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Trish explains the next steps clearly and helps clients decide which format fits their routine and comfort. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person.

How therapeutic approaches translate online

Attachment-based work looks at how people connect and respond in close relationships. Online sessions use conversations to identify repeating patterns and try new ways of relating, which can ease relationship anxiety and improve communication. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing practical behaviour changes. In an online setting this often involves setting small experiments between sessions and reviewing what worked.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and day-to-day needs, then choose or blend methods together. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging which makes it easier to fit sessions around work, family and travel. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be quieter and use less bandwidth, and text or live chat can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help people keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.