Dr. Joanna (Ioanna) Karaoulani
Compassionate counsellor helping people move forward
About Joanna
Dr Joanna (Ioanna) Karaoulani is a counsellor with two decades of experience. She holds a BA in Psychology, an HNC, an HND, an MSc in Person-Centred Counselling, a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a BACP member. She works in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Greek.
She focuses on helping people make sense of strong emotions and painful experiences. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, anger and low self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also helps with career worries, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. Her day-to-day approach aims to be warm and straightforward. Sessions concentrate on what matters to the client right now and practical ways to cope.
She uses acceptance-based ideas, client-centred listening and evidence-based techniques to help people take small, steady steps forward. Joanna pays attention to attachment and family of origin issues, abandonment fears and communication problems. She supports people working through infidelity, immigration-related stress, guilt, shame and feelings of emptiness or isolation.
She also offers coaching-style input when clients want to set goals and build new routines. Sessions are offered in several formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. International clients may be supported.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule appointments according to the therapist's availability.
What Joanna works with
How Joanna works
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Sessions & fees
How Joanna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being pushed around by them. It often uses values and small actions to move toward a life that matters. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on warm, non-judgemental listening so clients can explore feelings and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and practical skills to reduce unhelpful behaviours and ease anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals, preferences and what feels helpful. That collaborative process shapes whether sessions lean more towards acceptance, skills-based work or person-centred listening.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy fit everyday life. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who find typing easier than speaking. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep regular appointments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Greek
