Joanne Lilley
Person-centred counsellor with 16 years' experience
About Joanne
Joanne Lilley practises using a client-centred approach to counselling. She brings 16 years of experience and a calm, non-judgemental style to conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships and emotional healing. Joanne speaks English and works with people who want practical, person-focused support.
Joanne tailors sessions to each person. She listens closely and helps people name what matters most. Sessions focus on immediate concerns like sleep, anger or work stress, and on longer-term goals such as building confidence or coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Her background includes working with issues such as addiction, grief, trauma and intimacy-related problems. She also has experience supporting people facing challenges with self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar and depression. Additional focus areas include body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and attachment concerns.
Joanne is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. The qualification listed is BACP. She does not provide diagnostic assessments and recommends a GP for any diagnostic needs.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions that suit them. Joanne uses straightforward, respectful conversation to help people set goals and move forward at their own pace.
What Joanne works with
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Sessions & fees
Client-centred care online and practical support
Joanne uses a client-centred approach, which focuses on creating an open, respectful conversation. The aim is to listen without judgement and follow what matters most to the person. This approach suits issues such as self-esteem, grief, relationship concerns and coping with life changes.Her practice also emphasises emotional healing through steady, person-led dialogue. That means sessions are shaped by each person's goals and pace, whether they want short-term problem-solving or ongoing support for long-standing issues. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative and based on the individual's needs, goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues when that helps. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat or text-based messaging fit shorter updates, flexible check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments, while letting the therapist and client focus on practical steps and steady 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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- 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 of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
