About Joanne
Joanne Kevan helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and low self-esteem. She also supports people facing grief, parenting pressures, sleep problems, anger and life changes. Joanne's approach is practical and down to earth, aimed at making conversations feel manageable on a phone or laptop.
She brings three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Joanne offers integrative counselling and blends different evidence-based ways of working to meet each person's needs.
How Joanne works
Sessions focus on noticing what matters most and taking small steps that feel doable. Joanne aims to make space for honest talk without judgement. She helps people look for the core issues behind their distress and to name feelings that have been hard to say out loud.
That work is paced to suit each person's readiness and comfort. Practical tools and talking are used together. Some sessions focus on coping strategies and routines, while others explore painful memories or relationship patterns.
The intent is to leave people with clearer options and more control over daily life. Starting therapy can feel daunting. Joanne tries to make the first steps simple and clear so people can see what to expect and decide if it feels like the right fit.
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Practical therapeutic approaches and online support
Joanne uses integrative counselling, combining talking therapy with practical techniques to help manage symptoms. That can include simple behavioural steps, routine changes and coping strategies which help with anxiety, sleep problems and low motivation.She also focuses on trauma-informed listening, where the work gently explores past hurt at a pace the person chooses. This approach is useful for people dealing with past abuse, sexual assault or ongoing trauma-related reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Joanne works collaboratively to choose what fits. She talks through options with each person, checks what feels helpful and adapts methods as goals and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and fuller conversations, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting or travel while keeping continuity of care.
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