Joanne Rayner
Calm support for stress and relationships
About Joanne
Joanne Rayner helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, intimacy concerns and sleep problems. Joanne works with people coping with life changes, career stress and compassion fatigue too.
Joanne uses a calm, person-focused approach. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and draws on their strengths during sessions. Joanne encourages practical, manageable steps that people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She uses client-centred methods to keep sessions focused on the person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when people want clear tools to change thinking and behaviour.
Joanne has five years of professional experience and holds BACP registration from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She practises in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to fit different needs.
Joanne asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire to get started and then schedule sessions to suit their circumstances.
What Joanne works with
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Sessions & fees
How Joanne’s approaches work online
Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current feelings and behaviour, helping people notice patterns that affect their sense of safety and closeness. Client-centred counselling puts the person at the heart of sessions, so conversations follow what matters most and build on existing strengths. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers structured techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours, which can be useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Joanne will discuss what feels most useful, try methods in session and adjust plans based on what the person finds helpful. This collaborative process aims to match goals, preferences and the pace that suits the individual.
Online sessions mean people can join by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video lets most conversations unfold visually, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and short text or chat sessions work well for quick check-ins or when writing helps organise thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or other commitments while keeping a consistent course of care.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
