Trudie Johnston

Trudie Johnston is a counsellor registered in the UK who works with adults over 18. She brings six years' practice experience from both private work and clinical settings. Her early experience as a bereavement support volunteer led her into counselling and shapes how she supports people now.

She meets people who are worried, upset or stuck and helps them talk through what matters. Common issues she addresses include stress, anxiety, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship strain, health challenges, caregiving pressures, and end-of-life concerns.

Her background began with person-centred counselling and expanded through further study in attachment, cognitive behavioural ideas and psychodynamic thinking. Trudie uses those influences to tailor sessions to each person's needs rather than applying one fixed method. She describes the work as collaborative and practical.

In sessions she aims to build an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. She understands how daunting the first step can feel because she has experienced counselling herself. That helps her be patient and steady with people who are nervous about starting.

If someone chooses to work with her, Trudie will help set goals and agree ways to tackle them together. She welcomes conversations about what to expect in a first session and encourages people to take their time when making that choice.

How Trudie’s approaches work online

Trudie draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This helps when trust, abandonment or intimacy concerns are causing pain. She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying different responses to change feelings and behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Trudie will talk with each person about their situation, goals and preferences and then adapt methods to suit them. She treats decisions about approach as a collaboration rather than a set prescription.

Session formats are not detailed in her biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into everyday life by removing travel time and allowing meetings around work or caregiving duties. It can also make shorter check-ins possible when needed, and allow people to choose quieter, less distracting surroundings for a session. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists commonly use online appointments to help people keep therapy consistent while managing other commitments.