About Joanne
Joanne Harratt is a counsellor with ten years' experience supporting people facing stress and anxiety. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP). Joanne offers a calm, listening space where worries can be spoken about and understood without blame.
Her approach is led by the client. Sessions focus on what matters now and on patterns that repeat in daily life. Joanne helps people look at why they react a certain way and what choices keep repeating, so they can make different decisions if they wish.
Background and approach
Joanne uses a mix of client-centred, emotionally-focused and psychodynamic ideas. That means she pays attention to feelings in the moment, how relationships shape us, and the stories people tell about themselves. She adapts conversations to each person's needs rather than following a fixed script.
She has experience supporting people with relationship strain, intimacy concerns, addiction issues, trauma and abuse, grief, eating-related problems, ADHD and low self-esteem. She has also worked with matters such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family tensions, and communication problems. Training includes a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and a Certificate of Higher Education in Psychodynamic Counselling from the University of Leicester.
Additional training covers grief, attachment, anger management and couple work. Joanne draws on that background to offer practical ways to make day-to-day life feel more manageable.
How Joanne's approaches work online
Joanne draws on client-centred work and emotionally-focused therapy to guide online sessions. Client-centred therapy means the counsellor follows the client's lead, offering non-judgemental listening and reflecting what is said to help people feel heard and seen. This approach can be useful for stress, anxiety and low mood because it creates space to talk things through. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on feelings in relationships and attachment needs. In online sessions this can help people understand patterns in intimate relationships and improve how they express emotions to others. Psychodynamic ideas are also used to notice recurring patterns that began earlier in life and how they influence current choices. Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the work. Joanne will work with clients to choose what fits their goals and style. Decisions about focus and pace are collaborative and can shift as therapy progresses. Online formats provide practical options. Video calls let people use gestures and facial cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can suit those who prefer not to be on camera, while live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins or on-the-day communication. These choices make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel, and to continue work between sessions when needed.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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