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- Client-Centred Therapy
- DBT skills
- Motivational Interviewing
About Bernadette
Bernadette Wilkie is a counsellor registered with NCPS with 10 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression and life changes, and uses Client-Centred Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Motivational Interviewing in her practice.
She starts by listening to what matters most to the person in front of her. Sessions focus on practical steps and on what the client already does well. Conversations aim to make difficult problems clearer and more manageable rather than adding jargon or complex plans.
Bernadette uses Client-Centred Therapy to base sessions around the client's own goals and perspectives. She draws on DBT skills when emotion regulation, distress tolerance or relationship patterns are a focus. Motivational Interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons to change, especially around habits and addictions.
In practice she helps people think through parenting strain, relationship problems, sleep difficulties and career stress. She also works with issues such as low self-esteem, anger, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas she supports include attachment and abandonment concerns, control and commitment problems, obsessions and compulsions, and substance use issues.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Bernadette invites people to try approaches and then review what helps. To get started clients follow the online matching steps and arrange an initial appointment.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the client's own goals and perspective. Online sessions using this approach tend to centre the client's account and prioritise their priorities, which helps when tackling anxiety, depression or life changes. DBT teaches specific skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance and handling relationship patterns; those skills can be practised and discussed in sessions and between appointments.Motivational Interviewing is a short-term conversational style that helps people clarify their reasons to change. Online conversations can use this approach to explore readiness for change around habits, substance use or lifestyle shifts. Bernadette treats choosing an approach as collaborative and will work with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals as the work unfolds.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not specify formats here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and can be scheduled around work or childcare. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use these practical benefits to help sessions fit into everyday routines.
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Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
She supports stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression and coping with life changes, plus relationship and family-related issues and a range of additional focuses listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and goal-focused, centring the client's perspective and building practical steps from there.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location apply?
She is registered with NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.