About Joanne
Joanne (Jo) Warren offers calm, practical support for people facing a wide range of life stresses. She aims to create a straightforward space where clients can talk through anxiety, depression, relationship worries, loss, and other painful issues. Jo writes plainly and listens closely so people feel heard and understood.
Jo has 12 years of experience as a counsellor and holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Joanne works
She trained in a number of therapeutic approaches and uses them to suit each person she meets. Sessions focus on what matters now and on workable ways to cope and move forward. In practice Jo combines client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy, and she uses eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing where appropriate.
She may also draw on hypnotherapy and mindfulness exercises to help with tension, sleep or intrusive memories. Treatment choices are adapted to a person’s needs and pace. People come to Jo for a wide variety of concerns including stress, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain, low self-esteem and help with life transitions.
She also works with neurodiversity, attachment and long-term health issues among other focuses. Sessions are available online by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Jo works from the United Kingdom and offers services in English.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to her availability. Jo aims to be approachable and practical, helping people find clearer choices and manageable steps toward change.
Joanne lists 7 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- 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
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- 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
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions, with the counsellor listening closely and gently reflecting what the client says to help them understand their own choices. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioural changes to reduce anxiety, improve mood and tackle sleeping or eating problems. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, EMDR, is used to address distressing memories by pairing focused attention with guided processing to lessen emotional intensity.Finding the right approach is part of the process and Jo collaborates with each person to decide what will help most. She will discuss goals, pace and preferences and adapt methods over time so therapy fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling flexible and accessible. Video allows face-to-face conversation across distances, phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, while live chat or messaging provides short check-ins or ongoing reflection without a scheduled call. These options help people fit therapy around work, family and daily life while still working with experienced registered or accredited professionals.
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