About Joanne
Joanne Airey offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or relationship strain. She explains things simply and helps clients find small, practical steps to feel steadier. Joanne aims to make sessions feel approachable and focused on what matters to each person.
Joanne has ten years of practice in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP).
How Joanne works
She has provided therapy in a range of settings, including hospices, independent practice, schools and universities. Many of her clients have worked with her online or over the phone, and she is comfortable using those formats for people who prefer them. Her working style emphasises an open, respectful therapeutic relationship.
She uses client-centred principles to help people feel heard and understood. When useful, she also draws on solution-focused ideas to create concrete goals and steps between sessions. Joanne has supported people with a wide variety of concerns, from grief and trauma to parenting stress, addiction struggles, career changes and managing long-term illness.
She also addresses issues such as attachment, communication problems, codependency and coping with life transitions. In sessions she listens for what is most urgent to the individual and adapts the pace to their needs. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions at a time that suits them.
Costs vary with location and the subscription model used by the service.
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What Joanne works with
The areas below are the ones Joanne 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online work
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening carefully and creating a respectful space where people can talk about what matters. It helps when someone needs to be understood, rebuild confidence or make sense of strong feelings.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on setting clear, practical goals and finding small steps that move a person towards those aims. It suits people who want focused work on specific problems or changes in day-to-day life.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to identify which methods best match their needs and preferences. That collaborative decision can change over time as goals shift or new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility that fits modern schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day, and live chat or text messaging are useful for short check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to attend sessions from work, during childcare breaks or when travel is difficult, while keeping the therapeutic focus on progress and support.
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