About Joanne
Joanne Nicholson is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and has four years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and depression. Joanne focuses on personal struggles like low self-esteem, career setbacks and parenting strain.
She also supports those facing relationship and family difficulties, trauma, grief and life changes such as illness or bereavement. Joanne believes people carry strengths that help them move forward.
How Joanne works
In sessions she listens first and builds a plan with each person. That might mean short-term goals, practical coping strategies, or deeper reflection on past patterns. She encourages small steps that fit into everyday life.
Her approach includes client-centred methods that focus on what matters to the person in front of her. Joanne also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and develop new habits. For relationship concerns she draws on Imago ideas to improve understanding between partners.
Joanne works collaboratively and adapts the pace to suit each person. Some people want quick solutions, others need more time to untangle long-standing patterns. She aims to make sessions straightforward and relevant so that change feels achievable.
People who contact Joanne can expect warm, practical support without jargon. She helps clients clarify what they want, try small changes between sessions, and review what is working. The focus is on steady progress rather than instant fixes.
Joanne lists 6 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
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- 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 |
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Online support options
How Joanne's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens without judgement and helps people discover their own solutions, which is useful for stress, low self-esteem and coping with life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses practical exercises and behaviour changes to reduce anxiety and depression and to build new habits.
Imago Relationship Therapy helps partners understand recurring conflicts by tracing patterns and learning new ways to communicate. It can be helpful for commitment issues, blended family tensions and attachment-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joanne works collaboratively to decide which methods fit a person's goals and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as things progress.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people see each other and use visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging suits those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and daily life while keeping the focus on practical support and progress.
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