Teresa Johnston
Compassionate person-centred counselling
About Teresa
Teresa Johnston helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and low self-esteem. She also supports those facing life changes, intimacy concerns, sleep or eating difficulties, parenting strain, career shifts, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Teresa practises in the United Kingdom and works with people in English.
She is a BACP member and has three years of professional experience. Her style is warm and person-centred. Teresa offers a calm, non-judgemental space and listens closely to what matters to each person.
Background and approach
She avoids quick fixes and prefers to work at a pace the client finds manageable. Teresa draws on Client-Centred Therapy to put the person's experience at the heart of sessions. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them.
Together these approaches help with emotional regulation, decision making and coping with change. Her background includes work in healthcare and therapeutic settings and a Professional Diploma in Counselling. She is completing a Master's degree in Psychology at the University of Stirling and holds mindfulness teaching qualifications.
Teresa is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. People who meet with Teresa can expect collaborative sessions that aim to make practical sense of difficult feelings. She supports people to build small, manageable steps towards clearer priorities and gentler self-care.
The overall process moves at the client's pace and focuses on what matters most to them.
What Teresa works with
How Teresa works
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Sessions & fees
Person-centred and mindfulness approaches for online therapy
Teresa uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on the person's experience and priorities. Sessions are shaped by what the client brings, with the counsellor offering empathy, genuine listening and support to help people find their own solutions.She also employs Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice thoughts, bodily sensations and emotions without being overwhelmed. Mindfulness practices can support coping with anxiety, stress, grief and patterns such as rumination or emotional reactivity.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Teresa will talk through what feels most helpful, adapt methods to each person's goals and check in about how things are progressing. The plan evolves in collaboration with the client rather than being fixed in advance.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer writing, want ongoing brief support, or need a format that fits around work or caregiving. These options make it simpler to access regular sessions and to practise therapeutic tools between meetings.
| 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
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
