Joanne Jones, BACP

Joanne Jones is a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) accredited counsellor with nine years' experience. She works with adults and young people, and she also sees couples. Joanne trained at Staffordshire University and has worked across trauma services, employee assistance programmes and helplines.

Her background includes extended work supporting survivors of sexual and domestic violence and four years as an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor guiding people through the criminal justice system. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Advocacy for Victims of Sexual Violence and a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision from the Manchester Institute of Psychotherapy.

Joanne describes her foundation as person-centred and uses an integrative approach. She draws on attachment-based ideas and solution-focused strategies in sessions. She also practises Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, which she uses with trauma work.

In practical terms she aims to let people set the pace and the agenda. Sessions typically focus on what the person brings and on small, workable steps forward. Joanne emphasises clear boundaries and working within the BACP ethical framework.

She helps with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, and parenting strain. Other areas she supports include attachment issues, body image, codependency, and experiences related to abuse and loss.

How Joanne’s approaches translate to online counselling

Joanne uses attachment-based work to look at how past relationships shape current feelings and reactions; this approach helps people understand patterns in close relationships and build safer ways of relating. She also works from a person-centred, client-focused stance which means sessions are led by the individual’s concerns and pace, aiming for practical steps that fit their life. Her trauma work includes Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a method used alongside other trauma-focused techniques to reduce the hold of distressing memories.

Choosing a therapeutic approach is part of the process. Joanne collaborates with each person to decide what feels most helpful based on their needs, goals and preferences. She will discuss different options and adjust the way she works as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online counselling, check which session formats are currently offered before booking since the biography does not list them. Many people find remote sessions make it simpler to fit counselling around work, childcare and travel. Online work can also make it easier to book shorter check-ins, avoid commuting, and use fewer devices when bandwidth is limited. Registered and accredited professionals aim to help you find an approach and rhythm that suit your everyday life.