Joanna Cottrell

• Stress and anxiety
• CBT and solution-focused
• BACP registered

About Joanna

Joanna Cottrell helps people work through stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship and career difficulties using talking therapy and counselling skills. She works in English and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has eight years of professional experience.

Joanna focuses on practical ways to manage emotions and to improve daily functioning. Sessions typically involve talking through current problems, identifying unhelpful patterns and trying different ways of thinking or behaving. She uses methods that encourage clients to notice what works for them and build on small changes.

She also supports people with depression, ADHD, addictions, grief and trauma-related concerns. Joanna can help with issues around intimacy, eating and sleeping, parenting stress and compassion fatigue. Additional areas she works on include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, chronic illness and disability, and communication or control difficulties.

Her work draws on client-centred listening alongside cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused tasks. Motivational interviewing and trauma-focused approaches may be used when relevant to the presenting difficulty. The emphasis is on clear, practical steps rather than jargon.

Joanna aims to make sessions straightforward and focused. She helps people set goals, test new coping strategies and review progress over time. To begin, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

How Joanna uses talking therapies in remote sessions

Client-Centred Therapy emphasises listening and using the client’s own goals as the starting point; it helps when people need time to talk through feelings and decide what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing small behaviour changes to reduce distress and improve daily routines; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will discuss different methods and agree together what to try based on the person’s goals and preferences. That means sessions can focus on practical steps, reflection, or a mix, depending on what helps most.

Practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting counselling into a busy week and avoiding travel time. Remote work can make shorter check-ins easier to arrange and may suit people who prefer not to be on camera for every appointment. The exact session formats are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals offer remote sessions that aim to match therapeutic approach to everyday life and responsibilities.

Topics Joanna lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Depression
• ADHD
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• Abandonment
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Dependent personality
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexuality
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Joanna

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. She helps people manage anxiety with talking therapy and practical strategies.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred counselling alongside cognitive behavioural therapy, motivational interviewing and solution-focused and trauma-informed techniques.

How much experience does she have?

She has eight years of professional experience using counselling skills.

Is she accredited and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in another language?

Sessions are offered in English only.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin a course of counselling?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.