About Joanne
Joanne Lyons is a counsellor who uses a client-centred approach to help people manage anxiety, stress and life changes. She holds a Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling and has five years of practice experience. Joanne aims to be approachable and non-judgemental so people feel listened to from the first session.
Joanne gained trainee experience at a low-cost community counselling service in south-east London. That work involved supporting people with anxiety, depression, family conflict, trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
She also volunteers with a bereavement charity, so she has practical experience offering care to people navigating grief and loss. In sessions she focuses on building trust and understanding. Conversations are led by the person seeking help, with the counsellor reflecting back what is said and helping make sense of difficult feelings.
The aim is to increase self-understanding and open up more choices in day-to-day life. Joanne also works with concerns such as parenting strain, relationship issues, self-esteem problems, bipolar mood challenges, and managing ADHD. She is experienced supporting people facing chronic pain, domestic violence, loneliness, panic attacks, self-harm thoughts, and women's issues.
She is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability.
How client-centred and trauma-focused therapy work online
Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a warm, non-judgemental relationship where the counsellor listens and reflects back what a person says. This approach helps people who feel stuck, anxious or unsure about themselves to build clarity and confidence.Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and processing the effects of past hurt. It offers ways to gently look at traumatic experiences and reduce their impact on daily mood, relationships and routines.
Finding the right approach is part of the first steps in therapy. Joanne will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person's needs, goals and preferences. That means trying ways of working and adjusting them as needed so sessions feel helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Video calls allow a fuller face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports short ongoing contact between meetings. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, family and health commitments, while keeping therapy flexible and accessible for different routines and locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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