Joanne Lindley
Practical support for anxiety and loss
About Joanne
Joanne Lindley is a counsellor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression and the pain of bereavement and loss. She works with issues such as relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, anger, sleep problems and self-esteem. Joanne also supports people dealing with career changes, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and ADHD related challenges.
She brings seven years of practice and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
Her background includes work in the NHS where she saw a wide range of presenting issues and people from many different backgrounds. That experience shaped a straightforward, respectful way of working. Joanne blends a few approaches to match a person’s needs.
She uses cognitive behavioural ideas to help with anxious thinking and unhelpful habits, and client-centred listening to make space for how someone feels. She also draws on attachment and psychodynamic ideas when early patterns or past loss are important. Sessions begin by looking at what the person wants to change and what feels most urgent.
Joanne keeps sessions practical and readable, with clear steps to try between meetings. She offers evening and weekend appointments to fit busy schedules. Online, phone and text-based formats are available for those who prefer not to meet face to face.
Joanne aims to help people build a steadier day-to-day life and clearer ways of coping with difficult feelings.
What Joanne works with
How Joanne works
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Joanne uses cognitive behavioural therapy and client-centred and attachment-based ideas to help people make practical changes and understand their emotional patterns. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and testing small changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-centred work prioritises being listened to and accepted, helping people feel understood as they explore their feelings. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationships shape current reactions and help when patterns of closeness or loss keep repeating.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joanne will discuss what feels most useful and adjust methods as goals and preferences become clearer. This is a collaborative process where the person and counsellor plan what to try next and check progress over time.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets you see facial cues and have longer sessions, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Text-based and instant messaging are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing reflections or people who prefer writing. These formats offer flexibility for evening and weekend hours and make it easier to fit therapy around study, work or family commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
