About Joanne
Joanne Lilley works from a person-centred approach that places the client's experience at the heart of sessions. She draws on 16 years of practice to offer calm, non-judgemental support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain and other challenges. Joanne speaks English and works with a focus on helping people find their own solutions and regain confidence.
Her style is warm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients set practical goals.
How Joanne works
Sessions aim to build self-esteem, reduce anxiety and improve coping with life changes and grief. Joanne also offers support around parenting concerns and the pressures of caregiving. She has experience with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, bipolar and depression, sleep and anger problems, ADHD, and intimacy-related difficulties.
Additional areas she attends to include body image, adoption and foster care matters, chronic illness and co-morbidity. Her approach adapts to each person rather than following a strict protocol. Joanne holds BACP, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
She clarifies that diagnostic assessments are not provided, and directs people to their general practitioner for formal diagnosis when needed. Practical arrangements are straightforward. Sessions can take place by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and Joanne accepts international clients.
To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that suits them.
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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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- 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
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Person-centred care and online therapy options
Joanne practises person-centred therapy, which means she focuses on listening closely and helping people explore their own thoughts and feelings. This approach helps with anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem and coping with life changes by creating space for people to decide what matters to them.She emphasises simple, collaborative work. Together the client and therapist set goals and try practical steps that suit the person's life. This collaborative planning helps shape the way sessions run and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers a range of practical options. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions suit people who prefer not to be on camera or who have limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions or when written communication feels easier.
These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel. Joanne accepts international clients and will work with each person to choose the session type and pace that best match their goals and circumstances.
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