Judith Hearne, BACP

Judith commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy as part of her online practice. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice and make room for difficult thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link and teaches straightforward exercises to change unhelpful patterns.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns or early life hurts affect current wellbeing. Attachment-based work helps identify recurring styles of relating and builds clearer ways of asking for support and setting boundaries.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Judith will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. She checks in regularly and adapts techniques as needed so the work feels useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people have a full face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is low or to fit a shorter break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, working through small tasks between sessions or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around family and job commitments while still using the same therapeutic approaches a counsellor would use in person.