About me
The results of counselling are freeing and empowering but the process can be emotionally challenging. If you're looking for someone calm, trustworthy, non-judgemental and honest who really wants to help you be better, then reach out.
My role is to actively & empathically listen to you, putting myself in your frame of reference to see the world as you are seeing it. In understanding life from your perspective I may pick up on patterns that you may not have noticed or identify experiences that you may not realise have shaped your feelings and subsequent thought processes.
Talking through your experiences and describing your feelings is not always easy. It can be upsetting to revisit things, but I bring a safe, calm and totally non-judgemental space to do that at your own pace.
If you've been coping with, or trying to fight feelings of anxiety, depression, loss, stress, grief, anger, not feeling 'enough' or 'too much', on your own then you know how exhausting it is.
You no longer have to carry those feelings alone. Let's do this together; I will support & empower you through listening, without giving advice or solutions, in finding your best way forward into a future that's brighter than the present .
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP Approved CPCAB L4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling.
Counselling Tutor Qualified to offer online and telephone counselling.
The Grove Certificate in Creative Therapy
I am an accredited member of The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society This Not For Profit association of counsellors and psychotherapists aim to support the counselling profession, members and training organisations. In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Sessions are 50 minutes in-person, online or over the phone. I offer a free 15 minute introductory call where you can ask questions about the way I work and find out what you can expect from counselling to help make a decision about whether you're ready to begin.
Further information
TESTIMONIALS:
(Feb 2025)
Thanks to Joanna I’m feeling like my old self again. It was such a wonderful experience and from the first moment we spoke, I knew I’d made the right decision. She is so empathic, compassionate and warm, with a wonderful ability to gently offer a different perspective. Joanna created a space that always felt safe enough to cry in, which I did in most sessions and allowed me to grow in unexpected ways. I 100% recommend Joanna to anyone who needs someone to listen to them, help them through a tough patch, figure things out and help them to be the best possible them they can be! Thank you Joanna for all your help.
(August 2025)
All I can say is that Joanna offers a calm space away from the pace of life , an opportunity to talk openly knowing that it will go no further than the space you are in. You will feel safe in the surroundings, Joanna makes you feel at ease enough for you to talk , listens to you & is never judgemental. I always came away feeling better than I arrived , I would not hesitate in recommending Joanna she's brilliant.
