Patience Destiny, BACP
Calm, collaborative counselling for everyday life
Details
| Name | Patience Destiny |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About Patience
Patience Destiny is a counsellor who aims to make the first step easier for people feeling overwhelmed. She speaks plainly and listens closely to what matters to each person. Her approach is collaborative and warm, so people can talk about difficult things without being judged.
With 13 years of experience, Patience uses a mix of talk-based approaches to match what someone needs. She draws on Narrative Therapy to help people reframe life stories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and actions, and cognitive-behavioural tools to shift unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and client-centred ideas appear too when they suit the work. Sessions are tailored to the person rather than fitted to a single model. She pays attention to practical goals like sleep, eating patterns, career stress and relationship communication.
Conversations may include exploring family of origin issues, grief, identity and challenges linked to caregiving or long-term illness. Patience describes herself as curious about people’s creative interests and sense of humour, and she uses those things in therapy when they help. She encourages steady steps and small experiments to test new ways of coping.
Work can be short term for a focused problem or longer term for deeper change. People based in the United Kingdom and elsewhere can meet with her online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and offers sessions in English.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Eating disorders among the things Patience works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Self esteem
- Coaching
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Patience among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Patience directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Patience directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and action-focused therapies work online
Patience often uses Narrative Therapy to help people tell and retell their life stories in ways that open up new choices. This approach can help with identity questions, family of origin issues and feelings of emptiness by separating the person from the problem.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking small, concrete steps that match what matters to you. Cognitive-behavioural ideas are used to spot patterns and try practical experiments to reduce anxiety, improve sleep or change eating habits.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try different techniques and adjust the plan as needs and preferences become clearer. The emphasis is on collaboration and checking in about what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let you see facial cues and body language, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel commitments while keeping the work consistent and focused.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does Patience work with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, eating and self-esteem concerns, addictions, relationship and family matters, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, career problems and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, interactive and person-focused. She combines narrative, acceptance and cognitive tools and adapts sessions to what each person finds useful.
How much experience does she have?
Patience has 13 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the UK.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
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