Joanne McKenzie
Person-centred counsellor focused on practical change
About Joanne
Joanne McKenzie is a therapeutic counsellor who uses a person-centred approach to support people through difficult times. She holds the NCPS credential and has worked in the UK for four years. Joanne aims to build a warm, non-judgemental space so people can speak openly about what matters to them.
Joanne helps with stress and anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and relationship concerns. She also supports people facing issues linked to trauma, grief, eating difficulties and parenting pressures.
Background and approach
Her practice includes work with LGBT concerns and matters related to domestic abuse. Her method starts by listening closely to each person's experience. She encourages people to set their own goals and to notice small steps of change.
Where helpful, she draws on evidence-based tools such as cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness exercises to manage symptoms and develop new habits. Joanne also uses solution-focused strategies to identify practical steps forward. That often means breaking bigger problems into manageable actions for day-to-day life.
She explains ideas in plain language and keeps sessions straightforward so progress feels realistic. People who choose Joanne can expect a calm, steady presence and a collaborative way of working. She invites clients to move at a pace that feels right, and to explore issues like identity, career concerns, midlife shifts, and coping with loss in an accepting setting.
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Sessions & fees
Person-centred and practical approaches online
Joanne combines person-centred work with cognitive behavioural and mindfulness tools to create a straightforward online therapy experience. Person-centred therapy focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building a trusting, non-judgemental relationship. It helps people clarify their feelings and decide what changes they want to make.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, low mood and stress. Mindfulness therapy offers simple exercises to increase present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to difficult thoughts and feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanne discusses goals and preferences and helps decide which methods fit best. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible and accessible. Video calls allow more direct conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can suit people who prefer written reflection or need brief check-ins between meetings. These options help people fit therapy around work, family or travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical progress.
| 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
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
