About Joanne
Joanne (Jo) Warren is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who aims to help people navigate difficult feelings and life events. She speaks plainly and listens closely, offering a calm space to talk through worries such as anxiety, stress and relationship concerns. Jo holds BACP accreditation, which she uses as part of her professional practice.
Jo draws on a mix of approaches to suit each person. She uses client-centred ways of working to focus on what matters to the individual.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) ideas can help break unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical coping tools. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing is also among the methods she includes for processing traumatic memories. Sessions are aimed at helping people identify choices and make manageable changes.
Jo often works on issues such as depression, addiction, grief, eating or sleeping problems, and identity or self-esteem concerns. She also supports people facing major life changes, from career shifts to separation and bereavement. Her background includes 12 years of practice in counselling and related therapies.
Jo is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). That membership is listed as BACP in her credentials. People can expect a friendly, non-judgemental approach with practical steps between sessions when useful.
Jo tailors the mix of talking, practical exercises and paced trauma work to each person’s needs. Work proceeds at a pace set by the client, with attention to immediate coping and longer-term goals.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Client-centred work focuses on listening and following what the person brings to sessions. It helps people feel heard and notice what they want to change, which can be done just as well in conversation on video or by message. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses simple exercises to test new ways of thinking. It suits problems like anxiety, low mood and stress and can include worksheets or brief tasks between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a paced method used to process distressing memories and reduce their emotional hold. When appropriate, Jo brings this in carefully and adapts pacing to online formats.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jo will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then agree a plan together. That collaborative process means methods can change as needs shift, and practical steps are tailored to each person’s situation.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people keep visual contact and use screen-shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer to write, want ongoing brief support, or need more flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or health needs while keeping the therapeutic focus on progress and coping.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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