Joanna Walsh , NCPS

Joanna Walsh is a counsellor who blends talking therapy and creative methods to help people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. She works with issues such as trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and adjustment to neurodivergent diagnoses. Joanna practises from the United Kingdom and uses a warm, person-focused style.

She aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Sessions often start with where a person is right now - what feels hardest and what small changes might help. Joanna listens for the patterns that keep people distressed and helps them try different ways of responding. Creative, art-based activities are offered when words feel limited or emotion is hard to access.

Joanna draws on several therapeutic approaches, including client-centred work, cognitive behavioural techniques, psychodynamic ideas, and trauma-focused methods. These give a mix of present-focused tools and ways to understand how past experiences shape current feelings. The emphasis is on what the person needs, not a one-size-fits-all method.

Her practice also supports people managing chronic illness or caregiving stress, navigating parenting challenges, and facing difficulties linked to sexual assault or domestic violence. Joanna pays attention to practical coping skills for sleep, stress and daily functioning alongside deeper emotional work.

She holds the NCPS credential and has three years of experience. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Joanna encourages a collaborative pace so people can move forward at a speed that feels right for them.

How Joanna’s approaches work online

Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions and focuses on listening, empathy and the priorities the person brings. It helps when someone needs space to be heard and to make sense of their feelings at their own pace.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) gives practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. It often involves trying small experiments, building sleep and stress routines, and learning techniques to reduce worry and low mood.

Trauma-focused methods look at how difficult events affect feelings, memories and relationships. Work may include grounding techniques, careful processing of memories, and learning ways to feel safer in daily life. These approaches can be helpful for trauma, abuse and related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and Joanna treats it as a collaborative decision. She will talk through options, try methods together, and adapt how she works to match goals and preferences. Clients shape the pace and focus so therapy fits their needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversational work, phone calls suit those with limited bandwidth, live chat or text can be used for shorter check-ins or when being on camera is difficult. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and day-to-day commitments.