About
- Client-centred work
- CBT techniques
- Solution-focused
About Joanne
Joanne Perkins is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She works with adults who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and parenting strain. Her focus includes a wide range of concerns linked to relationships, mood, and coping with life changes.
Joanne uses clear, straightforward conversation to help people sort through what feels most urgent. She listens for patterns that keep causing pain, and then offers practical ways to try something different. Sessions are conversational rather than lecture-based, with steps and suggestions you can test between meetings.
Her approach draws on client-centred work, which aims to make the person feel heard and respected, and cognitive behavioural tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Solution-focused techniques are used to identify small, achievable changes that make daily life easier. These methods are chosen to suit each person’s needs and goals.
Joanne often supports people facing family problems, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, and caregiver stress. She also works with people dealing with anger, addiction-related concerns, attention difficulties and career pressures. Her practice pays attention to attachment, abandonment and body-image issues where these affect everyday functioning.
She asks about what matters most early on and then works collaboratively to build a plan. The emphasis is on practical steps you can try between sessions, and on reviewing what helps so next steps are clearer.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Joanne draws on client-centred counselling which focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and can arrive at their own solutions. This approach is useful when someone needs time and space to understand their feelings and relationships.She also uses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to help spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. CBT is often chosen for managing anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and stress because it gives clear tools to practise between sessions. Solution-focused techniques are used to identify small, practical steps that can be tried quickly to create change and build momentum.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Joanne will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before, and then suggest ways to proceed. That decision is collaborative and reviewed as work continues.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten check-ins, avoid travel time and choose quieter surroundings. Registered or accredited professionals including counsellors and therapists commonly adapt exercises, thought records and short behavioural experiments for online sessions so progress can continue between meetings.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, parenting strain and related family problems.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and practical, combining client-centred listening with CBT and solution-focused steps to try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she run sessions in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.