Joanne Breslin, BACP

Joanne Breslin offers a warm, person-centred counselling style that puts the client at the heart of every session. She introduces herself plainly and aims to make the first step feel less daunting for people seeking help. Joanne uses open conversation to help clients find clarity and ease in everyday life.

Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports people facing addiction, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains and career challenges. Additional interests include ADHD, compassion fatigue and issues around attachment and abandonment.

Joanne blends client-centred ways of working with cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused strategies. That mix lets conversations stay personal while also offering practical steps to try between sessions. Sessions aim to be straightforward and down to earth rather than overly clinical.

She is registered with BACP, which is listed as her credential. Joanne has four years of professional experience and works with adults and young adults. Her approach is gentle and collaborative, with an emphasis on building trust before exploring difficult material.

People meet Joanne to talk through painful events, life changes or long-standing patterns that feel stuck. She seeks to help clients untangle what feels overwhelming, notice which feelings belong to them, and discover small, workable changes that make life feel more manageable.

Joanne encourages anyone who is nervous about starting therapy to take one small step. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where honest conversation can begin and where practical solutions can be explored together.

How Joanne's approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's experience and understanding rather than advice. The therapist listens, reflects and helps people find their own answers; this can help with low self-esteem, grief and complex emotions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, examines the link between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers clear techniques to test unhelpful thoughts and build new coping skills, which is useful for anxiety, depression and stress.

Solution-Focused Therapy looks for small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. It concentrates on strengths and what is already working, which can be motivating when facing change or problem-solving.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and Joanne treats this as a joint process. She will listen to a person's needs, goals and preferences and help decide which methods to use. That choice can change over time as progress is made and new challenges appear.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are close to in-person conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a break, live chat suits quick check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.