Bernadette Wilkie , NCPS

Bernadette Wilkie is a UK-licensed therapist with eight years of professional experience. She supports people navigating stress, anxiety, addiction, grief and loss, and depression, offering steady presence and practical encouragement as they work through difficult moments.

Working from a strengths-based perspective, she views each person as the expert of their own story and helps clients identify and build on existing resources to meet their goals. Bernadette acknowledges that starting therapy can take courage and honors that step, providing compassionate guidance as clients take on the challenges that brought them to therapy.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a nonjudgmental stance. In practice this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, helping them clarify values and goals while supporting self-directed growth - useful for grief, depression, and life transitions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and reducing impulsive behaviors. It can help clients who struggle with emotional volatility, impulsivity, or relationship challenges by teaching concrete coping strategies.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative method for resolving ambivalence about change. It is often applied when clients face decisions around addiction, habit change, or committing to new behaviors, supporting motivation without pressure.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Bernadette Wilkie works collaboratively with each person to explore which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions by video call or phone, live chat, and text-based messaging make it easier to fit care into busy schedules and to maintain continuity when in-person meetings are difficult. These options allow therapists and clients to work together in ways that suit the client’s life while still focusing on meaningful progress.