About Joanne
Joanne Shipp offers calm, focused support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. She explains things plainly and helps clients work out what they want from counselling. Joanne aims to create a space where people can talk through painful feelings and begin to feel more in control.
Joanne uses approaches that centre the person and their experience. She listens closely to how someone describes their life and relationships, and helps them make sense of patterns that cause pain.
How Joanne works
This practical work can include setting clear goals and trying small changes between sessions. Her practice draws on ideas from client-centred therapy, psychodynamic work and solution-focused methods. Client-centred work means the person’s priorities guide the sessions.
Psychodynamic ideas look at how past experiences shape current feelings. Solution-focused work keeps attention on useful steps forward. Joanne has three years of experience and holds BACP registration, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy listing.
She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. International clients are not currently accepted. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then books according to the therapist’s availability.
Sessions can be short term or longer term and are reviewed regularly so the work stays relevant.
Joanne lists 3 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
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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
How Joanne’s approaches work online
Client-centred therapy places the person’s priorities at the heart of the sessions. The counsellor follows what matters to the individual and helps them find their own solutions and clarity, which can suit issues like low self-esteem, relationship worries and life changes.Psychodynamic work looks at how past experiences and patterns influence current feelings and behaviour. This can help when similar problems repeat over time or when people want a deeper understanding of how they relate to others.
Solution-focused therapy concentrates on small, practical steps and clear goals. It is useful for people who want short-term, goal-driven work to change specific habits or manage immediate problems.
Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. Joanne will talk with the client about their needs, hopes and preferences and try different ways of working to see what helps most. The aim is to find a good fit rather than impose a single method.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and expression matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between longer sessions or fit counselling into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work and family commitments.
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