About Joanne
Joanne Breslin offers a person-centred approach that puts the client at the heart of therapy. She uses practical talking therapy to help people untangle what feels overwhelming. Joanne combines empathy with clear, everyday guidance so conversations feel down to earth and grounded.
Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and career concerns.
How Joanne works
Additional interests include attachment and abandonment issues, chronic illness and caregiver stress, body image and codependency. Joanne trained in humanistic and integrative approaches and works mainly from a person-centred stance. That means sessions are shaped around the individual and what they need.
She also draws on cognitive behavioural tools and solution-focused techniques when they suit the client’s goals. She aims to make the first step easier by creating a relaxed, non-judgemental space. Joanne seeks to build a trusting relationship where people can talk openly and begin to make small, manageable changes.
There is no pressure to move faster than feels comfortable. Joanne brings four years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions can take different forms to fit routines and preferences, and she helps each person find an approach that actually fits their life.
Joanne lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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 |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Person-centred and practical approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy centres the conversation on the person's own experience and priorities, aiming to create a respectful, empathic relationship where the client leads the pace and topics. This approach helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make sense of feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, offers clear, structured ways to identify unhelpful thinking and try small behaviour changes; it is useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep or eating difficulties. Solution-Focused Therapy looks forward, helping people spot strengths and practical steps that make a difference now and soon.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joanne collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. That choice is reviewed as therapy progresses so the plan can adapt to what is proving useful.
Online work uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into day-to-day life. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions suit times with lower bandwidth or when being on camera is not wanted, and messaging or live chat can be used for brief check-ins or between-session contact. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and levels of comfort while keeping the therapeutic focus intact.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Book with JoanneWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Joanne help with?
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
What is Joanne's background and experience?
What credentials and country are listed?
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Can people outside the UK access work with Joanne?
What formats are available for sessions?
How do I begin therapy with Joanne and what about cost?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions