Justin Andrews, BACP

Justin Andrews is a BACP counsellor with 14 years of counselling experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression and the particular challenges that come with midlife change. He also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, sleep trouble, anger, self-esteem and career questions.

Justin draws on straightforward, practical methods in sessions. He uses client-centred listening to understand what matters most to each person. He also draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, and mindfulness to help with stress and focus.

Before counselling, he spent many years in social care settings. That background includes work with mental health, learning differences and criminal justice contexts. He continues to teach counselling and mindfulness practices, including sessions run with people in nearby prisons.

Sessions are conversational and paced to the individual. Justin encourages small, achievable steps so people can notice change between meetings. He aims to help people get clearer about what they want and what might help them move forward.

If you are unsure whether to try counselling, Justin asks a few simple questions at the start to help set aims. He invites people to reflect on practical goals, personal values and day-to-day habits as part of the work together.

How his approaches translate to online work

Justin frequently uses client-centred ways of working, which put the person’s concerns and goals at the centre of each session. This approach focuses on careful listening, reflecting what matters to the client and helping them set usable goals for change.

He also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy ideas to help people notice patterns of thought and behaviour that keep problems going. CBT-style techniques can be helpful for anxiety, low mood and practical problems such as sleep or anger.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and together agree what methods to try. That means some sessions may focus on listening and values, others on exercises or short experiments to try between meetings.

The biography does not specify which online or remote session formats are offered, so please confirm current options before booking. Generally, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find it helps them use therapy alongside work, family and other commitments rather than rearranging their whole day.