About Joanne
Joanne Lilley is a counsellor who works in a person-centred way. She uses Client-Centred Therapy to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most. Joanne is based in the United Kingdom and has 16 years of experience supporting people through difficult times.
She focuses on everyday struggles such as stress, anxiety, depression and relationship problems. She also helps with parenting strain, family conflict, grief, addiction and sleep difficulties.
Background and approach
Phobias are among the concerns she supports people to address. Joanne adapts each conversation to the person in front of her. She listens without judgement and encourages people to find their own solutions.
Sessions aim to build confidence, improve coping and make small, practical changes that matter. Her background includes a Psychology BSc (Hons) and a Person Centred Counselling BA (Hons). She is a member of the BACP.
These credentials reflect her professional standing in the United Kingdom. Joanne offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging.
To begin, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and then books a suitable slot.
Client-centred approach and online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the session. The counsellor listens closely and reflects what is heard so the person can better understand their feelings and choices. This approach can help with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship difficulties and emotional recovery after trauma.Joanne focuses on creating a respectful, non-judgemental space where goals are decided together. Finding the right approach is part of the work - she will discuss what feels most helpful and adapt the way she works to suit each person's needs and preferences. This is a collaborative process that looks at what would be most useful for short or longer term work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful when visual contact helps the conversation. Phone sessions may be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can suit quick check-ins, shorter sessions or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
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
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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