Joanna Walsh, NCPS

Joanna Walsh is a counsellor with three years' experience who helps people facing trauma, loss and periods of feeling disconnected. She works with those carrying the aftermath of abuse, depression, low self-esteem and difficult childhood experiences. Joanna also supports people adjusting to ADHD or autism diagnoses and those living with chronic illness or pain.

Her style is warm and compassionate. She focuses on listening first and making space for what feels hard to say. Sessions can include traditional talking alongside creative, art-based activities when words are difficult.

Joanna frames therapy as a gradual process of understanding patterns and testing new ways of responding. She pays attention to the protective strategies people have built, and helps identify which ones are still helpful and which could be changed. Small shifts over time are valued as much as larger breakthroughs.

Her work covers grief from many kinds of loss, and also addresses stress, anxiety, parenting strain, relationship concerns, sleeping problems, career questions and midlife transitions. She can support people coping after sexual assault or domestic violence and those facing postpartum depression or caregiver stress.

Joanna holds the NCPS credential and practises in the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English. To begin, people are invited to use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.

How Joanna’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person in front of the counsellor. Sessions aim to offer empathy, acceptance and gentle reflection to help people make sense of their experience and find their own solutions. It is helpful for low self-esteem, grief and general feeling disconnected.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or mood-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That choice may shift as people try things and see what helps most.

If you are considering online or remote sessions, please confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow for using creative, art-based tasks during appointments without needing to be in a specific office. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often adapt tools to work well across different ways of meeting.