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Joanne Lyons, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 5 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Depression

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Joanne Lyons uses a client-centred approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression and difficult life changes. She is warm and approachable and aims to make people feel heard. Joanne holds a BACP credential and has five years of experience working in community settings in the United Kingdom.

She trained in humanistic psychotherapeutic counselling and gained practical experience at a low-cost community counselling service in south-east London. That work involved supporting people with anxiety, depression, stress and family difficulties.

Background and approach

She also volunteers with a bereavement charity and has worked with grief and loss. Joanne pays attention to building trust and being non-judgemental so people can talk openly about painful experiences. Her work often focuses on trauma and abuse alongside everyday pressures like parenting, relationship strain and managing long-term health issues.

In sessions she aims to help people understand themselves better and identify choices that feel right for them. She describes her style as approachable and dependable, offering steady support while people explore emotions and patterns. Joanne also supports people with neurodiverse presentations such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and with issues including ADHD, chronic pain, domestic violence, self-harm and feelings of emptiness.

She brings five years of client-facing experience to each conversation and adapts her manner to the needs of the person sitting opposite her.

How Joanne's approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the centre of each session. The therapist listens carefully, mirrors what is heard and helps the person find their own insights and choices. This approach can help with low mood, anxiety, parenting worries and struggles with self-esteem.

Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to how past harm continues to affect feelings and behaviour now. It focuses on working through difficult memories and their impact, and can be helpful for people affected by abuse, domestic violence or other traumatic events.

Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. Joanne will work collaboratively to understand a person's goals, preferences and the issues they bring. Together they can try different ways of working and refine the approach that feels most useful over time.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, offering practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions are useful when a quieter, no-camera check-in is preferred. Chat and text-based messaging suit short updates, pacing conversations over time or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or mobility challenges while keeping therapeutic continuity.

What concerns does Joanne specialise in?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression and trauma, as well as grief, relationship and parenting difficulties and life changes.

What is Joanne's therapeutic style?

Joanne uses a client-centred approach that focuses on listening and understanding, with trauma-focused work when past harm is central to the problem.

How much experience does she have?

She has five years of experience working in community counselling and volunteering in bereavement support.

What credentials and location apply?

Joanne holds BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

She works online using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.

How are costs handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Joanne?

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Experience: 5 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Joanne Lyons, BACP

Background and approach

How Joanne's approaches work online

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What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety