About Joanne
Joanne Maddison is a BACP psychotherapeutic counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She brings three years of professional experience to conversations about stress, anxiety, grief and depression. Joanne uses a somatic-informed perspective alongside talking therapies to help people notice how their body and emotions connect.
Clients can expect straightforward sessions focused on everyday struggles like sleep problems, parenting pressures, career uncertainty and feeling overwhelmed. Joanne adapts her approach to the individual, listening first and then shaping the work to suit what each person needs.
Background and approach
She pays attention to both current patterns and past experiences that keep difficulties repeating. Her background in healthcare gives her practical insight into long-term health concerns and caring roles. This experience informs work with people dealing with chronic pain, illness, caregiver stress and the emotional impact of medical situations.
Joanne also supports people facing adoption, attachment and family of origin issues. Sessions commonly explore emotional responses, bodily sensations and the stories people carry about themselves. Joanne uses client-centred listening, psychodynamic thinking and Jungian ideas when helpful, together with simple mindfulness practices to calm the nervous system.
The aim is to help people feel steadier and more able to cope in daily life. Joanne describes therapy as a collaborative process. She offers practical steps alongside reflective conversation, and works at a pace that feels manageable.
People who want a down-to-earth counsellor for life changes, relationship struggles, addiction concerns or grief may find her approach useful.
How somatic and talking therapies work online
Joanne blends somatic awareness with client-centred and Jungian approaches, each offering a different way into problems. Somatic therapy helps people notice bodily sensations linked to stress and anxiety and learn simple ways to regulate the nervous system. Client-centred work focuses on listening, empathic reflection and letting the client lead the pace and topic. Jungian ideas look at personal stories and inner patterns to help make sense of recurring themes in life.Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then tailor sessions accordingly. That collaborative approach means techniques can shift over time as needs change.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone work can suit those who prefer voice-only contact. Live chat and messaging make brief check-ins or reflective exchanges possible between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to maintain regular contact when in-person meetings are difficult.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English