About Johanna
Johanna Skillen is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. Johanna also helps people affected by trauma and abuse and those coping with big life changes.
She aims to create an open, non-judgemental space where clients can share thoughts and feelings. Conversations focus on what matters to the individual and move at a pace that feels manageable.
How Johanna works
Johanna encourages practical steps alongside emotional processing to help build confidence and motivation. Her practice addresses control issues and the challenge of learning self-love. Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and finding small, achievable changes that make daily life feel easier.
She balances listening with gentle guidance so clients can try new ways of coping. Johanna draws on client-centred principles to follow each person’s lead. She also uses techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot and shift thinking that feeds worry and low mood.
Together with the client she discusses which methods feel most useful for their goals. Taking the first step can feel daunting. Johanna offers calm, straightforward support to help people find clearer direction and renewed motivation in their lives.
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Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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How Johanna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centred therapy focuses on following the client’s lead and offering empathic listening. In practice this means the counsellor reflects what the client says, asks gentle questions and helps people clarify their own goals and values. It is useful for people who need a supportive space to make sense of feelings and decisions.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It involves noticing unhelpful thinking patterns and testing alternative ways of thinking or behaving. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood and managing stress in everyday life.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Johanna will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you want to address to decide which methods to try. The process is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat or text messaging offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text sessions suit short check-ins, reflective writing exercises or a schedule that fits around work or childcare. These options make it easier for people to keep therapy consistent alongside busy lives.
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