Joanne Lindley, BACP

Joanne Lindley helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship difficulties. She also supports those coping with trauma, addiction, low self-esteem and parenting strains. Joanne meets people with a wide mix of life challenges and aims to make the first step feel manageable.

Joanne is a BACP member. She draws on counselling and psychotherapy skills to guide conversations that feel direct but kind. Sessions focus on what matters to the person in front of her, with practical tools when they are useful and time to think about feelings when that is needed.

Her approach includes attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural techniques and client-centred listening. That means she looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviour, and places the client's experience at the heart of the work.

Joanne has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in NHS settings. She has particular experience supporting people through bereavement and relationship breakdown, and has specialist training in pet bereavement counselling. She has also worked with people facing workplace and study pressures.

In the first session she will ask about your situation and priorities, and together you can decide how to move forward. Joanne offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Joanne often draws on attachment-based ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques when working online. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds shape current relationship patterns and helps people notice repeating cycles that cause pain. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing practical steps to change behaviours that keep problems going.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Joanne will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest which ideas to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

Online therapy with Joanne is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection helps the conversation, phone calls can be a shorter way to check in, and messaging is handy for brief updates or when time is tight. These options help people fit therapy around study, work and family life while keeping the focus on steady progress.