About Joanne
Joanne Willmot is a person-centred counsellor with nine years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She uses a down-to-earth style and focuses on building trust with each person she sees. Joanne aims to listen first, then gently challenge when needed to help people make changes that matter.
Joanne works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, and grief. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, career uncertainty, ADHD, chronic illness, and body image or eating difficulties.
How Joanne works
Additional areas of focus include attachment and abandonment issues, communication problems, codependency and dissociation. Her approach draws on several evidence-informed methods. She practises client-centred counselling to create a respectful, non-judgemental space.
Cognitive behavioural techniques help with patterns of thinking and behaviour. Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) support managing difficult emotions and building values-led action. Joanne places emphasis on practical steps as well as reflection.
Sessions can include problem-solving, skills practice and space to talk through painful experiences. The aim is to increase insight, build self-compassion, and find realistic ways to cope with life changes. Joanne offers appointments by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
She accepts international clients and communicates in English. People who value a calm, straightforward counsellor who balances empathy with clear direction may find her an appropriate match.
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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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- 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
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take action that matches their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Client-centred therapy focuses on listening and understanding from the client’s point of view. This creates a respectful space where people can explore feelings and build self-compassion.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In sessions this can mean trying small behavioural experiments and learning new ways to respond to unhelpful thoughts, which is helpful for anxiety, sleep problems and mood difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and then adapt methods together. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits how the client likes to work and what they want to achieve.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth discussion. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat or text sessions suit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support or clients who prefer writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent with a busy life while using the approaches described above.
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