About Joanne
Joanne Breslin is a counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to help people find clearer ways forward. She puts the client at the heart of sessions and aims to create a calm, down-to-earth atmosphere. Joanne explains things plainly and aims to make talking feel easier from the first meeting.
Joanne draws on her own life experience alongside four years of professional practice. She listens without judgement and works collaboratively to unpick what feels overwhelming.
Background and approach
That can mean looking at stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, or struggles with sleep, eating and self-esteem. Her work is practical and tailored. She explores how past events and present circumstances shape feelings, and helps people identify what is truly theirs and what was taken on from others.
Sessions focus on building trust, naming what is difficult, and testing small changes that feel manageable. Joanne uses elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred listening. That mix supports exploring thoughts and behaviours, while also setting short-term goals and steps for day-to-day life.
She also offers help around ADHD, attachment and abandonment, body image, chronic illness and carer stress. Sessions are available in English and are offered to adults in the United Kingdom. Joanne works through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
The process begins with a short questionnaire and scheduling to find a time that fits the person seeking support.
How Joanne blends person-centred, CBT and solution-focused work online
Joanne uses client-centred therapy as the core of her work, which means she focuses on listening, understanding and following the pace set by the person. This approach helps people feel heard and establishes the therapeutic relationship needed to explore difficult memories or feelings.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood or sleep problems. Solution-Focused Therapy is used alongside this to set short-term goals and identify small, achievable steps that lead to change in day-to-day life.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. Joanne will discuss options and tailor the approach to the person's needs, goals and preferences rather than imposing a single method. Together they decide what feels most useful and adjust as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversations, phone sessions suit those who prefer not to be on camera, live chat supports real-time written dialogue, and messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or reflective exchanges between meetings. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving or study commitments while keeping the therapeutic relationship central.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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