About Joanna
Joanna Klekotko is a counsellor with 15 years' experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety and life transitions. She speaks English and Polish and works with a wide range of concerns including depression, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, addictions and grief. Joanna aims to make sessions straightforward and practical so people can start feeling steadier sooner.
Joanna uses a blended approach that draws on cognitive behavioural techniques and client-centred ways of working. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-informed ideas when these match a person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what is troubling someone now and on small steps to change how they respond to thoughts, feelings and relationships. Early meetings are used to pinpoint the main problems and set clear goals together. Joanna offers short-term counselling or longer open-ended psychotherapy depending on what a person prefers and needs.
She pays attention to emotions, values and patterns that keep difficulties going, and helps people experiment with new responses. Her practice supports people facing issues such as trauma, loss, parenting strain, work stress and identity questions. Joanna helps people build emotional resilience and practical coping strategies for everyday life.
She aims to tailor the work to each person's expectations and circumstances. Sessions are available online and in the United Kingdom. Joanna treats each person with respect and a calm, direct manner, helping them find their own ways forward and clearer priorities.
Therapeutic approaches explained for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on what matters most to someone and on taking small actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety and low mood.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early patterns of relating affect present relationships and emotional responses. This approach can help people understand hurtful patterns and build more supported ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and will choose or combine methods that fit those needs. This makes sessions collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for fuller conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and messaging are handy for short check-ins, brief coaching moments or people who find writing easier than talking.
These options aim to make therapy more flexible and accessible so people can fit it around work, family and travel. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques for each online format to keep sessions effective and focused on the client's goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Polish
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