- Years in practice
- 17
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Petina
Petina Walker is a BACP counsellor with 17 years of experience. She works from the United Kingdom and supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction and many life changes. Petina aims to listen carefully and help people find clearer ways to manage difficult feelings and situations.
She uses an integrative style, drawing on attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused work alongside client-centred listening and mindfulness practices. Sessions are guided by what each person brings, so interventions can change from one meeting to the next.
Background and approach
Petina also uses motivational approaches when people want help with change and behaviour. Many clients come for help with relationships, self-esteem, grief and trauma-related concerns. She also supports people with eating or sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger and compassion fatigue.
Her work has included addressing addictions and dependency issues and the links these have with attachment and stress patterns. Before focusing on independent practice Petina ran a wellbeing centre and worked for many years in drugs and alcohol services, carrying out assessments, group work and one-to-one interventions. That background informs a practical style that mixes listening with clear, manageable steps for change.
People describe her approach as warm and tuned-in, with an emphasis on creating a steady, holding space. If someone is looking for a counsellor who adapts methods to the person rather than forcing a single model, Petina aims to offer that flexibility and steady support.
What Petina works with
Everything Petina lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Petina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Petina lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Petina’s approaches work in online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early patterns of connection affect current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns and try different ways of relating when stress or attachment wounds show up.Client-centred therapy focuses on being heard without judgement and allowing the client to set the pace. In remote sessions this means the counsellor follows what the person brings and offers reflective listening that helps clarify feelings and choices.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on identifying and shifting key emotional responses that keep problems stuck, which is useful for relationship distress, grief or intense emotions. Applied online, EFT techniques can still guide people to access and work through strong feelings safely with a therapist's support.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Petina will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and preferences, and will adapt the plan as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video mirrors much of an in-person meeting, phone can be easier if bandwidth is low, live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to use a camera. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, parenting and travel while keeping therapeutic continuity.
Questions people ask about Petina
What concerns does Petina help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and many other life changes listed in her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and client-led, combining attachment ideas, emotionally-focused work, client-centred listening and mindfulness with motivational elements to support change.
What is her background and experience?
She has 17 years of counselling experience and has worked in drugs and alcohol services, running groups, assessments and one-to-one interventions as a senior team member.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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