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Joanne Willmot, BACP

Based in the UK Online sessions

Compassionate, down-to-earth counsellor for parents

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Years in practice
9
Registration
BACP
Languages
English
Focus
Stress, Anxiety
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Relationship issues
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Family conflicts
About

About Joanne

Joanne Willmot is a person-centred counsellor with nine years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She brings a down-to-earth, gentle style and focuses on building trust before introducing challenge. Joanne aims to make sessions straightforward and practical for people feeling stressed, anxious, depressed or overwhelmed by life changes.

Joanne uses plain language and steady pacing in sessions. She listens first, then helps people reflect and gain new insight. That can lead to clearer choices about work, relationships, parenting and coping with health or grief.

Background and approach

Her approach encourages self-compassion alongside practical steps. She blends person-centred work with techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness. Those tools help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours.

Joanne also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment ideas when they suit the person’s goals. People come to Joanne for a wide range of concerns, including stress, relationship strain, parenting challenges, addiction, trauma, sleep and eating issues, ADHD and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with chronic illness, caregiving pressures and bereavement.

Sessions aim to increase awareness and create manageable change. Joanne offers flexible formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. She works collaboratively to set goals and decide what to try between sessions.

To begin, a simple matching questionnaire is completed and then sessions are scheduled according to availability.

Focus areas and approaches

What Joanne works with

Everything Joanne lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Joanne helps people with.

Approaches Joanne lists

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Joanne often uses cognitive behavioural therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and test small behaviour changes. CBT is practical and suits problems like anxiety, low mood, sleep and some parenting challenges.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on identifying personal values and taking committed steps towards them while learning to tolerate difficult feelings. That approach can help with stress, grief and life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video helps with face-to-face conversation, phone calls use less bandwidth, live chat and messaging can suit shorter check-ins or busy schedules. These options give flexibility for different routines and communication styles, while still allowing a therapist to guide reflection and practical problem solving.
Questions

Questions people ask about Joanne

What issues does Joanne support?

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges and relationship strain, among other concerns such as trauma, grief and addiction.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Joanne works in a person-centred, down-to-earth way that focuses on listening and building trust before introducing challenge.

How much experience does she have?

She has nine years of clinical experience working with a broad range of emotional and practical problems.

What credentials and where is she based?

Joanne holds BACP and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are available for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

She runs video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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