About Joanne
Joanne Sage helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those dealing with addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating difficulties, career strain and the effects of ADHD and bipolar. Joanne works in a straightforward, calm way so people can say what they need to say and start to feel less overwhelmed.
Joanne has a BACP credential and around ten years of experience as a practising counsellor.
How Joanne works
She has worked across charities and in independent practice, supporting people whose lives have been affected by long-term strain or specific traumatic events. Her background means she is used to working with complex histories and a range of emotional responses. Her sessions are person-centred and flexible.
She draws on client-centred, attachment-based and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people make sense of their feelings and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness and existential perspectives also inform her work when they fit the person’s needs. Joanne often looks at how past family patterns and early relationships shape current reactions.
She uses simple, practical exercises to increase coping and distress tolerance, and to build stronger boundaries that help day-to-day life feel more manageable. When trauma is part of the picture she pays attention to the body as well as thoughts and memories, helping people notice how stress shows up physically.
Her aim is to help people find tools they can use outside sessions and to support steady, realistic progress over time.
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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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- 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
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| 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
Joanne draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns, helping people recognise repeated behaviours and try new ways of relating. This approach is useful for those who notice repeating cycles in relationships or struggle with trust and boundaries.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. CBT helps with anxiety, depression and unhelpful cycles by teaching practical exercises and small behaviour changes that can ease daily life.
Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will discuss options with each person and adapt methods to their goals, preferences and pace. Together they choose what to try and review what helps as work progresses.
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 longer conversation, phone sessions can fit a short break or require less bandwidth, and chat or messaging suit quick check-ins or those who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and everyday routines while still following a clear therapeutic plan.
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