About Joanna
Joanna Oxford helps people struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports those facing parenting strain, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger and low self-esteem. People bring career questions, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and ADHD concerns as well.
Joanna works in a warm, interactive way. She aims to listen carefully and respond without judgement. Sessions are practical and personalised, with space to talk through feelings and think about small changes that can make a difference.
How Joanna works
She has 12 years of experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes work within NHS mental health services and a move into therapeutic practice that embraces several approaches. This experience shapes a flexible style rather than a one-size-fits-all method.
Joanna uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviours, exploring patterns in close relationships, or focusing on values and what matters most. The emphasis is on practical tools and clear conversation rather than technical language.
Online options form part of her practice and include video, phone and messaging formats. Joanna aims to make therapy accessible and manageable so people can fit sessions around work, family and day-to-day life.
Joanna lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapy approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life change because it encourages small, meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with depression, anxiety and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current connection and trust; this can be helpful for intimacy issues, relationship conflict and attachment concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will discuss different methods with each person and decide together which fits best for their needs, goals and comfort level. This collaborative process means the method can shift over time as priorities change.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging offers flexible ways to keep therapy going. Video lets people read expressions and hold a longer, conversational session. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Messaging and live chat suit shorter check-ins, step-by-step homework or people who prefer writing. Together these options make it easier to arrange therapy around everyday life and changing timetables.
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