Joanne Copley
Calm, practical support for life’s hard moments
About Joanne
Joanne Copley is a counsellor with 12 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is BACP accredited and offers steady, straightforward support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma, grief and depression. Joanne aims to make the first step feel manageable and will walk alongside each person at their own pace.
Joanne trained at the University of Derby, completing an MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy. That background means she draws on a mix of humanistic, cognitive and trauma-focused ideas rather than one fixed method.
Background and approach
She explains options clearly and helps clients choose a way of working that feels right for them. Sessions are shaped around what the client needs. Some people prefer to lead the conversation and use a person-centred style.
Others want more structure and practical tasks from cognitive behavioural approaches. Joanne adapts to those preferences and checks in about progress as therapy continues. She pays attention to how early relationships and attachment influence present struggles.
That informs work around abandonment, attachment issues and communication problems. Joanne also supports people dealing with complex long-term issues such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image and the effects of trauma. Practical concerns like blended family tensions, commitment worries or coping after a disaster are discussed plainly.
The focus is on small, achievable steps and building awareness of strengths. Joanne keeps language simple and compassionate to help people move towards clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day living.
What Joanne works with
How Joanne works
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Sessions & fees
How Joanne’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviours, and helps people notice patterns that affect close connections. Client-centred work focuses on listening and following the person’s lead, helping them name emotions and make sense of their experience. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, offers practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behaviours through short exercises and real-world tasks.Choosing the right combination of approaches is part of the process. Joanne will explore goals, preferences and what has helped before, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative way of deciding makes it easier to adapt methods as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer writing or want to reflect between short interactions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities or daily routines, while keeping the focus on practical steps and emotional understanding.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
