Joanna Bienkowska, BACP

Joanna Bienkowska offers straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and big life changes. She works in English and Polish and aims to make first steps feel manageable. Her approach suits those who prefer clear, practical conversation and a partnerable style. Joanna holds BACP registration and practises in the United Kingdom.

Joanna uses short, focused conversations to help clients spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviours. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. Sessions explore concrete steps to reduce symptoms such as sleep problems, low mood, or anxiety.

She helps people deal with relationship strain, grief and issues around intimacy or body image. Joanna also supports people facing addiction concerns, parenting stress, chronic illness or difficulties with control and impulsivity. Work can include managing anger, money worries and finding clearer life purpose.

Joanna adapts the pace and tone to each person. Some sessions focus on problem-solving and task-based work. Other times the emphasis is on making sense of past hurts, such as attachment or abandonment issues.

Her style is respectful and direct. Clients can expect collaborative goal-setting and practical homework between sessions when useful. Joanna accepts international clients and offers several online formats to fit different schedules and needs.

How CBT and online therapy can work together

Joanna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts, feelings and actions feed each other. CBT gives simple tools for shifting unhelpful thinking and testing different behaviours, which can reduce anxiety, low mood and sleeping problems.

Therapeutic choice is part of the work. Joanna will talk with each person about what feels most helpful and adjust the approach as needs and goals become clearer. That collaborative planning aims to match techniques to the problem and the person's pace.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different routines. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are easy to fit into a short break, and live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep regular contact and practise new skills between meetings.