Trudie Johnston, BACP, NCPS

Trudie Johnston is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of practice. She works with adults and supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and life changes. Trudie draws on her background in bereavement support and a personal experience of counselling to inform a compassionate style.

She began with person-centred counselling and has since trained in attachment work, cognitive behavioural ideas, and psychodynamic concepts. Trudie blends these perspectives to suit each person's concerns rather than using a single approach for everyone. Sessions are shaped around what the client brings and what they want to achieve.

People come to her for a wide range of issues including relationship and intimacy-related concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, career difficulties and depression. She also helps with more specific challenges such as abandonment, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image and end-of-life issues. Practical problems and emotional pain are both welcome in sessions.

Her manner is warm and non-judgemental. She aims to create a straightforward space where people can talk through feelings and make sense of what they are experiencing. Trudie works at the client’s pace and focuses on small, manageable changes.

Clients can expect a conversational, reflective process that combines listening with practical ideas. If someone is ready to begin, Trudie asks them to take a first step and she will help them plan the next session and what to focus on.

How Trudie's Approaches Work Online

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and try new ways of relating to others or to themselves.

Client-centred counselling puts the person's experience at the heart of the session. The counsellor listens, reflects and follows the client's pace so people can come to their own insights and choices about what matters next.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative exploration rather than a fixed plan handed down at the first meeting.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or medical appointments and let people choose what feels most manageable.