About me
I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol) and Psychotherapist, registered with the HCPC, with over 15 years' experience.
I offer psychotherapy for individuals, families, couples and organisations seeking to gain deeper insights about themselves and their relationships with others.
My approach is integrative and existential, drawing on attachment theory, relational and trauma-informed frameworks, and EMDR, depending on what is needed. I don't work to a script. I work to understand what's actually going on for the person, or the relationship, in front of me, and to bring clinical depth without unnecessary jargon.
I work with adults navigating life transitions, identity change, anxiety, low mood, trauma, and relationship difficulties. A significant part of my practice is with couples, where I draw on Gottman, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and attachment-based approaches to help partners understand their patterns and repair what is broken. I also have a particular specialism in perinatal mental health and the psychology of parenthood, including matrescence and patrescence, the often unacknowledged identity shifts that come with becoming a parent. I am also an accredited mediator and bring this same grounded, non-judgemental stance to separating couples navigating co-parenting and family transitions.
Therapy with me is collaborative rather than directive. I won't tell you what to think or feel, but I will be honest, present, and willing to challenge where it is useful. Many of the people I work with are managing more than one thing at once: a relationship under strain, a parenting identity in flux, or a sense that life no longer fits the shape they expected it to. I help people make sense of that complexity rather than reduce it.
My therapeutic approach is solution focused and deeply rooted in the understanding of my clients’ individual and systemic issues and difficulties.
I help my clients to understand their behavioural patterns and feelings in order to develop individually tailored strategies for change and psychological well being.
I offer a non-judgmental relationship in a safe and confidential environment where issues and concerns can be openly discussed and treated.
If you're considering therapy, mediation, or couples work, I would be glad to hear from you.
My areas of expertise include:
- Stress at work and at home
- Career issues and development
- Job loss and re-orientation
- Mid-life crisis and existential issues
- Relationship issues and divorce
- Relationship and couples counselling
- Coaching & leadership development
- Depression
- Illness
- Anxiety
- Panic attacks and agoraphobia
- Specific phobias
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Training, qualifications & experience
Dr. Johanna is an experienced chartered Counselling Psychologist (CPsychol) holding dual doctorate qualifications. She is a member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
- B.A., M.A., P.h.D., Certificate in Counselling
- Adv. Diploma in therapeutic Counselling, MBPsS
- Accredited Mediator
- Trauma and EMDR therapist
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 HCPC are an independent, UK-wide health regulator. They set standards of professional training, performance and conduct for 16 professions.
They keep a register of health professionals who meet their standards, and they take action if registered health professionals fall below those standards. They were created by a piece of legislation called the Health Professions Order 2001.
Registration means that a health professional meets national standards for their professional training, performance and conduct.
The UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) is a leading professional body for the education, training and regulation of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Its register is accredited by the government's Professional Standards Authority.
As part of its commitment to protect the public, it works to improve access to psychotherapy, to support and disseminate research, to improve standards and to respond effectively to complaints against its members.
UKCP standards cover the range of different psychotherapies. Registration is obtained by training or accrediting with one of its member organisations, or by holding a European Certificate in Psychotherapy. 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
£150.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Individuals £150/130
Couples £ 200
Family therapy £ 200
Further information
I have off street parking
