Joanne Breslin, BACP

Joanne Breslin offers a warm, person-centred approach to counselling. She places the relationship with each client at the heart of the work and focuses on making it simple to talk about what is worrying you. Joanne uses a down-to-earth style and aims to make sessions feel comfortable and unpressured so people can open up at their own pace.

Joanne trained in humanistic, person-centred and integrative counselling and holds BACP accreditation. She draws on these approaches to tailor the work to each person. The conversation stays focused on the individual’s experience rather than fitting them to a single method.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression and addictions. She also offers support around relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, anger, career questions and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and codependency.

Joanne describes herself as empathetic and genuine, and says she aims to walk alongside people rather than preach or give unsolicited advice. Therapy sessions are built around listening, reflecting and helping clients notice patterns that feel unhelpful so they can try different ways of coping.

People can expect a calm, respectful space where feelings are heard and taken seriously. Joanne encourages gradual progress and works collaboratively to find practical steps that fit each person’s life and goals.

How Joanne's approaches translate to online therapy

Joanne works mainly from a person-centred perspective, which means sessions focus on listening, reflection and helping the individual feel understood. This approach helps with issues such as low self-esteem, grief and relationship worries by creating space to talk through feelings and notice patterns.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is also part of her practice and involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour. CBT can be helpful for anxiety, depression, stress and some sleep or eating difficulties by offering clear, practical steps.

Solution-Focused Therapy is short-term and goal oriented, concentrating on strengths and small changes that build momentum. It can be useful for people wanting a clearer direction or quick strategies for coping with life changes and practical problems.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Joanne will discuss aims, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then shape sessions around those choices in a collaborative way.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help them keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday commitments.