About Joanna
Joanna (Jo) Walker offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people feeling overwhelmed by life. She meets clients with warmth and curiosity, helping them talk through what matters most and choose small, practical steps forward. Jo is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, often written as BACP.
She describes her practice as trauma-informed and LGBTQ+ affirming. Sessions begin with a focus on a person’s goals and what they want to achieve from therapy.
How Joanna works
Her background is integrative, which means she draws on different ways of working to suit each person. That can include humanistic ideas that focus on strengths, psychodynamic thinking about past patterns, and behavioural approaches that target current habits. Work in sessions is collaborative.
Jo listens, reflects and offers options so people can make informed choices about their path. Regular reviews help make sure the approach is still useful and well matched to changing needs. She supports people through a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, changes in life, relationship issues, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, and mood conditions such as depression and bipolar.
Additional focus areas include domestic violence, self-harm, sexuality, women’s issues and young adult issues. Jo aims to help people feel more able to manage tough moments and to put simple, realistic strategies into practice. The work is paced to the individual and shaped around their aims.
What Joanna works with
The areas below are the ones Joanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Joanna adapts therapeutic approaches for online work
Jo uses a blend of humanistic, psychodynamic and behavioural ideas. Humanistic work focuses on listening, building trust and identifying a person’s strengths to guide change. Psychodynamic thinking looks at patterns and past experiences that influence current feelings and relationships. Behavioural approaches focus on practical strategies and small experiments to shift unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms such as anxiety or disturbed sleep.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Joanna offers a collaborative way of working where therapist and client discuss goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Regular check-ins make it straightforward to change direction if something is not helping.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit shorter updates, note-taking between sessions or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options help people fit therapy around work, study and family commitments.
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