About Joanne
Joanne Airey is a counsellor who helps people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, loss or changes in relationships. She aims to help people feel more in control, happier and better able to communicate. Joanne brings a calm, down-to-earth manner to sessions and speaks plainly about next steps.
She trained and practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP). Joanne has around 10 years of experience working in hospices, independent practice, schools and universities.
Background and approach
That variety has given her experience with a wide range of concerns and life stages. Joanne mainly uses a client-centred way of working, where the person in front of her sets the pace and priorities. She also uses solution-focused conversations to help people notice small changes and build practical coping steps.
Sessions are delivered online and by phone, and Joanne has extensive experience with those formats. People can expect straightforward talking, listening and practical suggestions for next steps rather than medical labels or complex jargon. Typical areas Joanne supports include anxiety, stress, depression, grief, self-esteem and relationship difficulties, along with issues such as parenting strain, sleeping problems, career change and burnout.
She also offers help around trauma, addiction and long-term health challenges. If someone prefers plain language, practical tools and a listening therapist, Joanne aims to work collaboratively to find what helps next.
How her approaches work online
Joanne uses client-centred and solution-focused ways of working and adapts them for online sessions. Client-centred work means she listens closely, follows what matters to the person and reflects it back so they feel heard. This approach helps with anxiety, low mood and relationship worries by giving space to talk and be understood.Solution-focused work concentrates on small, concrete steps and what changes would look like. It helps when someone wants quick practical strategies for stress, sleeping problems or coping with life changes. Together these approaches support both understanding and doing, so emotional work is paired with clear next steps.
Finding the right way of working is part of the first sessions. Joanne will collaborate with each person to decide which approach, or mix of approaches, fits their goals and preferences. She aims to agree practical goals and adjust methods as the work progresses.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling work, family or health needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for short check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives while keeping a steady course of support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- 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
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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