Joanne Maddison

Joanne Maddison is a BACP psychotherapeutic counsellor working in the United Kingdom. She has three years of professional experience and supports people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, grief, depression and changes around career or parenting. Joanne speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming.

Joanne draws on a mix of therapy approaches and looks at both past experiences and day-to-day life. She adapts conversations and plans to what each person needs, and pays attention to the practical effects of distress on sleep, work and relationships. Her healthcare background informs how she thinks about changes during pregnancy and early motherhood.

Sessions focus on understanding what keeps difficult feelings going and on building small, manageable changes. Joanne uses mindfulness and body-aware ideas alongside psychodynamic and Jungian perspectives to help people notice patterns beneath their reactions. She also includes client-centred techniques to keep the work grounded in what the person wants to achieve.

People bring many different concerns such as anger, addiction, low self-esteem, or family of origin issues. Joanne can also help with long-term conditions, caregiver stress, and the emotional impact of illness or bereavement. Her aim is to support and empower each person to make the changes they choose.

Joanne works in English and practises from the United Kingdom. She works respectfully and with sensitivity to each person’s history and current needs.

Approaches that shape online counselling

Joanne works from client-centred ideas that prioritise what the person wants from therapy, helping people feel heard and steering the work by their goals. She also draws on mindfulness practice to build present-moment awareness and simple ways to manage stress, sleep and strong emotions.

Jungian and psychodynamic perspectives are used to look at recurring patterns and symbolic material from a person’s life story. These approaches aim to make unconscious patterns more understandable so a person can choose different responses to anger, grief or relationship problems.

Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Joanne will discuss your needs and preferences and help decide which approach or combination will suit your goals. She encourages people to try things slowly and review what is helping as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They can also support continuity of care during life changes and make it possible to maintain therapy alongside work or family commitments.