Joanne Rothery
Compassionate, steady support for life's hard moments
About Joanne
Joanne Rothery helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, overwhelmed by grief, or struggling with addiction and trauma. She also supports those coping with self-esteem issues, sleep problems, anger and major life changes. Joanne is based in the United Kingdom and works in English.
She holds the NCPS credential and has four years of practice experience. Joanne aims to make sessions feel calm and accepting. She centres the conversation on the person in front of her.
Background and approach
Clients are invited to bring what matters to them and to be heard without judgement. Her approach draws on client-centred listening alongside practical cognitive behavioural techniques. This mix helps people understand unhelpful thoughts and try small changes that can ease day-to-day distress.
Trauma-focused methods are used when past events continue to affect mood and coping. Joanne often works with issues linked to relationships and identity, including attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family tensions, and the effects of adoption or foster care. She also addresses caregiver stress, codependency, body image and career-related stress.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person. Joanne focuses on helping people build skills for managing symptoms and finding clearer direction. She aims to offer steady, practical support while respecting each person’s pace and choices.
If someone wants to begin, they will complete a short questionnaire to match with Joanne and then schedule sessions according to her availability. The process starts online and can lead to regular meetings that suit the individual’s needs.
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Sessions & fees
How Joanne uses therapeutic approaches online
Client-Centred Therapy is about being listened to without judgement. The counsellor offers acceptance and follow-your-lead sessions so people can talk about what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying practical changes. It is useful for anxiety, sleep problems and managing mood swings. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on the effects of past events and on building ways to cope when memories or triggers cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Joanne will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable. She treats this as a collaborative process and can adapt methods as therapy progresses to match how a person is responding.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that helps the therapeutic connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who express themselves better in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility for the individual.
| 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
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- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
