Ann Patmore
Compassionate counsellor for focus and life stress
About Ann
Ann Patmore is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 12 years of professional experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or big life changes. Ann is experienced with ADHD including people diagnosed later in adulthood and with problems around focus and concentration.
She uses straightforward conversation to understand what matters most to each person. Sessions are shaped around a client's goals, needs and communication style rather than a fixed formula.
Background and approach
Ann aims to be respectful, sensitive and compassionate in her work. Her background includes long-term practice supporting people with parenting concerns, relationship issues and the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing addiction, anger, work stress and compassion fatigue.
Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and difficulties with commitment and codependency. When someone chooses to work with her, Ann adapts the pace and topics to suit them. She will help people address practical problems such as organisation, concentration and coping strategies.
She also speaks with clients about feelings like guilt, shame, isolation and grief. Sessions with Ann can be arranged online by following the site's matching and scheduling process. She works in English and practises within the United Kingdom.
Ann believes taking the first step is significant and aims to make the next steps clear and manageable.
What Ann works with
Sessions & fees
How Ann’s approaches work online
Ann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. One common approach focuses on practical skills to manage anxiety and stress, teaching breathing, pacing and planning strategies that help reduce overwhelm and improve daily routine. Another approach addresses attention and organisation for people with ADHD, working on strategies for concentration, memory aids and breaking tasks into manageable steps.Finding the right method is a collaborative process. Ann will talk through options with the client, listen to their goals and try different ways of working until a good fit emerges. She will adapt pace and techniques based on what helps most and invite feedback during the course of therapy.
Online sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and messaging work well for quick reflections between sessions or when someone wants to write rather than speak. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, family demands and everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
