Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk

Gemma Pyatt-Lonczyk is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with four years of practice. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, depression and people coping with life changes. Gemma also focuses on issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, blended family matters, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and bereavement. Gemma trained as an integrative counsellor and uses that flexibility to match how she works to each person she meets. Sessions tend to focus on talking through what feels stuck, looking at current coping strategies, and offering different ways to understand difficult events. She draws on her hospice experience to support people facing anticipatory grief and bereavement, and uses that background when working with serious illness and caregiver strain. Practical concerns are kept central in sessions. Gemma helps people name what is worrying them and try out small changes in thinking or behaviour. She offers straightforward reflections and alternative perspectives rather than abstract explanations. She describes herself as an ethical and reflective practitioner who continues professional development. That ongoing learning shapes how she responds to stress, relationship strains and major life transitions. Gemma encourages clients to notice what helps and adjust approaches as needed. People looking for help with life purpose, direction after change, or coping when familiar ways of managing no longer work may find her style useful. To begin, users are invited to use the site matching steps to arrange a first session and see how the working relationship feels.

Approaches used in online counselling and how they help

Gemma describes her practice as integrative, which means she draws on different evidence-based techniques to suit a person’s needs. That can include talking-based approaches that help people untangle patterns of thought and behaviour, useful for anxiety, depression and relationship concerns. She also uses practical, supportive methods suited to grief and anticipatory loss, helping people name emotions and manage day-to-day demands.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Gemma will discuss options with each client and decide collaboratively which techniques to try first, then adjust those choices as goals and needs become clearer.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by avoiding travel, allowing shorter check-ins during a work break, or offering options when being on camera is difficult. Many people find remote sessions help maintain continuity of support during major life changes, while the practical arrangements can be adjusted to meet everyday schedules and preferences.