Joanne Breslin , BACP

Joanne Breslin offers a person-centred approach that keeps the client at the heart of every session. She uses clear talking therapy to help people untangle feelings that feel overwhelming. Joanne writes in everyday language and aims to make the first steps easier for anyone nervous about asking for help.

Joanne works with adults on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing life changes such as divorce, caregiving stress, chronic illness, or career shifts. Her practice includes attention to issues connected to addiction, ADHD, bipolar experiences and body image worries.

Her background includes four years of clinical experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Joanne draws on Client-Centred Therapy alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to match her approach to what a person needs. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical rather than full of jargon.

Joanne emphasises an ordinary, down-to-earth manner. She aims to reduce any sense of power imbalance and to build a respectful working relationship. This makes it easier for people to say difficult things and to look honestly at what’s going on for them.

In therapy she listens for patterns such as attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, dissociation, and communication or control problems. She helps people explore those patterns, understand their impact and try new ways of coping. The emphasis is on working together to find manageable steps forward.

Approaches that guide online therapy

Joanne blends person-centred work with elements of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to tailor sessions to each person. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening, empathy and building a trusting relationship so people can talk openly about what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and offers practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying strengths and small, achievable goals to move forward quickly in areas that feel stuck.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will work with the client to decide which methods feel most useful based on their goals, preferences and what comes up in early sessions. She adapts the balance of listening, practical tools and goal-setting as the work progresses so the client remains involved in planning the work.

Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging works well for ongoing, flexible support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and mobility needs while keeping the focus on consistent, regular progress.