Joanna Gallacher, BACP, NCPS

Joanna Gallacher offers a straightforward, person-centred counselling style that focuses on practical steps. She aims to make sessions calm and clear so people can speak about what matters. Joanna uses plain language and steady support to help clients tackle problems day to day.

Joanna has eight years of experience working in the United Kingdom. She has supported people through grief, bereavement and major life changes. She also helps those finding their way through anxiety, stress and depression.

Her practice addresses relationship concerns and issues connected to family life. Joanna works with people affected by trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. She can also support those facing workplace pressures, career questions and midlife crossroads.

Additional focus areas include aging and geriatric issues, dissociation, forgiveness and isolation or loneliness. Joanna offers help around pregnancy and childbirth, women’s issues, sexual assault and abuse, and navigating life purpose or self-love.

Joanna holds membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is listed with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. Sessions are delivered in English by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a time that suits them.

Therapeutic approaches and online choices

Joanna works with evidence-based therapeutic techniques delivered in a straightforward way. One common approach she uses focuses on talking through feelings and identifying practical strategies that reduce anxiety and stress. It helps with day-to-day coping, worry and low mood.

Another approach centres on exploring grief and loss in manageable steps. This helps people make sense of intense emotions and find ways to carry on with everyday life after a bereavement or major change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will discuss options and adapt methods to match a person’s needs, goals and preferences. She aims to make decisions together so the plan feels useful and doable.

Online therapy gives flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues for deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a simpler check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter updates, daytime check-ins or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, family and busy days while keeping continuity of care.