Joanne Jones, BACP

Joanne Jones is a counsellor who trained at Staffordshire University and holds BACP accreditation. She has worked in one-to-one counselling since qualifying in 2016 and brings nine years of practice to her work. Joanne has experience supporting people after sexual and domestic violence and in workplace mental health settings. Her background includes a Postgraduate Certificate in Advocacy for Victims of Sexual Violence from the University of Worcester and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision from the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy. In 2024 she also completed EMDR training for trauma-focused work. She has provided support as an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor and on mental health helplines. Joanne describes her base approach as person-centred and draws on attachment ideas to understand relationships and patterns. She also uses solution-focused techniques to help people notice small changes that matter. EMDR and trauma-focused methods are part of her work when trauma memories are being addressed. In practice she keeps sessions client-led and practical. People can expect a calm, direct style that focuses on the problems they bring. Joanne pays attention to boundaries and professional ethics through her BACP membership. She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and coping with life changes, as well as relationship and intimacy concerns. Other areas Joanne works with include grief, parenting strain, addictions, body image, dissociation and a wide range of attachment and personality-related issues.

How Joanne's approaches work in online counselling

Attachment-based work looks at the ways early relationships shape how people connect now. It helps when relationship patterns, trust or separation issues cause distress. Client-centred therapy focuses on seeing and hearing the person as they are, and giving them space to find their own solutions. It suits people who want a reflective, non-directive space. EMDR is used for trauma that keeps returning in intrusive memories or strong emotional reactions; it involves structured processing aimed at reducing the intensity of those memories.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy journey. Joanne will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That choice is reviewed over time, and adjustments are made if something is not helping.

Session formats are not specified here, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into daily life by removing travel and by allowing sessions during a lunch break or after work. It can also make shorter check-ins possible when that suits someone better, or reduce the need to be on camera if audio-only conversations are preferred. Registered or accredited professionals can offer these practical options to help therapy sit alongside work and family commitments.