Joanne Thompson
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About me
Hello, I am Joanne.
I am an experienced, compassionate counsellor offering a warm and respectful listening space to enable you to explore your thoughts and concerns with understanding and without judgment.
I believe that within a nurturing, supportive therapeutic relationship you can build on your own strengths and resilience in order to find more effective ways of coping with adversity and develop greater self-awareness.
I have experience of working with a range of issues including anxiety and the impacts of interpersonal trauma and bereavement. I am committed to working with a diverse range of people within our communities and am inclusive of LGBTQIA communities and have consistently worked for greater representation and inclusion throughout my adult life. I also have experience of working with autistic people and people with ADHD.
I have over ten years experience of working as a counsellor for an agency specialising in sexualised trauma and domestic abuse and have considerable training in working with a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach. I also have experience of working with an organisation specialising in reducing family conflict.
By working with you to understand yourself and your life more clearly, I aim to work with you to support greater acceptance and positive change and personal growth, and finding more effective ways of coping with adversity.
My approach is integrative as I use core ideas from person-centred theory in its emphasis on the importance of the therapeutic relationship and of encouraging self direction. I also use ideas from attachment theory to consider how early relationships and experiences continue to affect our sense of self in the world and in relation to others.
I can also offer creative ways of working and mindfulness as an effective way of managing stress and anxiety.
I am led by the needs of you as an individual, working at your pace. I can offer short and long-term work. I also work with trainee counsellors and can offer concessionary rates.
During this difficult time I am able to continue to offer online and telephone counselling sessions.
I can offer daytime, and some evening and Saturday morning appointments.
Training, qualifications & experience
- Level 5 Accredited Certificate in Counselling Supervision 2020
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling CPCAB
- Level 3 Award in Counselling Studies CPCAB
- Level 3 Award in Delivering Online Specialist Services
- Level 3 Award in Leadership
- Accredited member of BACP
I have a strong commitment to ongoing training as part of my continued personal and professional development. This includes:
- Trauma-informed Supervision
- Trauma-informed and Strengths-based Practice
- Mentalization-based Therapy for Reducing Parental Conflict
- Essentials of couples counselling
- Trauma-informed Practice for Frontline Workers (AVA)
- Sexualised Trauma: Neurobiology, threat response and implications for Safeguarding
- Creative Ways of Working of Survivors of Sexual Violence
- Journey from Hurt to Healing group facilitator training
- Awareness in Bereavement Care (Ascentis)
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
- ABC Accredited Cruse Bereavement Counsellor
- Private practice as a counsellor in Cambridgeshire
- Sessional counsellor for Cambridge and Peterborough Rape Crisis
- Parenting Together practitioner
- Cruse Bereavement Volunteer.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Religious trauma
Therapies offered
Fees
£40.00 - £50.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Free initial telephone consultation
My standard fee for individual counselling is £50.00, one-hour session.
Supervision £60/ hour session, £80 for 1 1/2 hours
Concessions available, please ask for details.
When I work
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Daytime, some evening appointments available
I am currently offering counselling via telephone or online.
Further information
I work in private practice in Peterborough from comfortable, private rooms in a discreet location with free parking available.
I currently offer telephone and online counselling.
