Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk, BACP

Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk is a counsellor who focuses on helping people find clearer ways forward when life feels overwhelming. She aims to make clients feel heard and supported in sessions. Gemma works to build a trusting relationship that lets people talk openly about difficult feelings.

Her practice is informed by an integrative approach. That means she draws on different evidence-based therapeutic techniques to match each person's needs. She encourages gentle self-reflection and offers new perspectives to help people see current situations in a different light.

Gemma has four years of professional experience and has worked in a hospice setting. That role involved palliative care counselling, anticipatory grief, and bereavement support, and she brings lessons from that work into other areas of practice. She often supports people facing chronic illness, cancer, caregiver stress, and the emotional effects of ageing.

Common issues she helps with include stress, anxiety, relationship worries, grief, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include abandonment and attachment concerns, blended family and communication issues, chronic pain and disability, and the aftermath of separation or domestic violence.

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works in the United Kingdom. Gemma keeps up with ongoing professional development and reflective practice to refine how she supports each person.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Gemma’s integrative practice blends established, evidence-based techniques to suit different difficulties. For example, she may use cognitive-based methods to help identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts that feed anxiety or low mood, making day-to-day feelings easier to manage. She also draws on supportive, person-centred work that focuses on listening, validation and helping people make sense of grief, loss and major life changes.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gemma aims to work collaboratively with each person to agree what feels most useful. Together they review goals, experiment with ways of working, and adapt the approach as needs change.

If you prefer online sessions, check the current session options before booking to confirm how Gemma offers therapy at present. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around busy days, reduce time spent travelling, and allow a shorter check-in when needed. It can also support ongoing work when health issues or caregiving duties make travel difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can use different formats to meet practical needs, and Gemma will discuss what will work for you when you get started.