Joanne Lyons
Gentle client-centred support for life's hard moments
About Joanne
Joanne Lyons works from a client-centred perspective to help people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She brings a calm and approachable manner to sessions and aims to help people feel listened to and understood. Joanne holds a BACP credential and has five years' experience working with a range of common concerns.
Joanne completed a Diploma in Humanistic Psychotherapeutic Counselling in 2023 and trained while volunteering at a community counselling service in south-east London.
Background and approach
That hands-on experience included supporting people with anxiety, depression, family conflict, trauma and abuse. She also volunteers with a bereavement charity and has worked with grief and loss. Her practice is grounded in client-centred work.
That means the conversation is shaped by the person's own goals and pace. Joanne aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can talk through what is difficult and build a clearer sense of themselves. She also uses trauma-focused approaches when past events are impacting daily life.
These methods are used carefully and with attention to safety and pacing so people can approach difficult memories at a manageable speed. Joanne often helps with relationship stress, parenting strain, self-esteem issues, ADHD and bipolar-related concerns. She is also attentive to chronic health challenges, domestic violence and feelings of isolation.
Her practical aim is to increase understanding, broaden options and support clearer choices going forward.
What Joanne works with
How Joanne works
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Sessions & fees
How Joanne's approaches work online
Joanne draws on client-centred therapy to shape sessions around each person's goals and pace. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and helping people notice what matters to them so they can make choices that fit their life. It is useful for concerns like stress, low mood, relationship strain and self-esteem.She also uses trauma-focused therapy when past events are clearly affecting someone's daily life. That involves working carefully with memories and reactions, pacing the work to match what the person can tolerate, and building skills to manage distress between sessions. This approach can help with trauma, abuse and persistent distress tied to earlier events.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will check in about your goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and she will adapt methods over time. Together you will decide which techniques suit your situation and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions can be a quick check-in or suit lower bandwidth. Text and live chat work well for shorter updates, reflections between sessions, or for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
