Joanne Willmot, BACP

Joanne Willmot is a person-centred counsellor with nine years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She takes a down-to-earth approach and focuses on building trust before moving into deeper work. Her style is gentle but direct when needed, giving space for honest conversation and practical change.

Joanne helps people make sense of stressful life events and recurring patterns. She offers support for anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around addiction. She also works with concerns such as ADHD, compassion fatigue, career stress and body image problems.

Her practice uses flexible ways of working. Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. This allows people to pick the format that fits their day and communication needs.

Joanne draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioural tools and mindfulness. She aims to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, act in line with their values and build more compassionate self-talk. The counsellor-centred stance keeps the client’s experience central to each step.

People who come to Joanne can expect practical conversation paired with emotional support. She will work with each person to set goals and try small, manageable changes. Her aim is to increase awareness, reduce self-criticism and help people move towards healthier ways of coping.

How Joanne’s approaches translate to online sessions

Joanne uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes because it combines practical steps with values-based direction.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This can help with intimacy-related concerns, abandonment worries and communication problems by linking past experiences to present behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and will be decided together. Joanne will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then tailor sessions to meet those aims. That collaborative process helps people try methods and adjust as needed.

Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit people who prefer typing or need flexible timing. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets and mindfulness practices to these formats so therapy remains practical and accessible.