About Joanne
Joanne Copley is a counsellor with 12 years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and an MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy from Derby University. Joanne offers calm, steady support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship difficulties or past trauma.
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. She speaks English and works with adults seeking one-to-one help. Joanne creates a welcoming space where people can talk without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
She uses ideas from person-centred work to listen carefully, and from cognitive behavioural approaches to offer tools for day-to-day coping. Sessions are shaped around what each person needs - some prefer to set the agenda, while others welcome structure and skill building. She also pays attention to attachment and trauma when these come up.
That means looking at how early relationships affect current patterns, and gently addressing difficult memories when the person is ready. Joanne aims to help people notice their own strengths and build practical steps towards change. Her practice includes support around abandonment, relationship communication, blended family issues, body image concerns, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
She also works with people affected by autism or Asperger syndrome and with those facing cancer-related challenges. The focus is always on clear, manageable strategies for everyday life. Joanne offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
She encourages people to take the first step at their own pace and will help choose the style of work that fits their goals.
How Joanne blends practical approaches for online therapy
Joanne uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavioural changes. CBT often focuses on clear steps and simple exercises to reduce anxiety, manage low mood and build coping skills.She also draws on attachment-based work, which looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. This can help when patterns of fear, avoidance or difficulty trusting are getting in the way of close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanne will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together they will choose techniques that feel useful. That collaboration means the style of therapy can shift over time if needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and health needs.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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