Joanne - Therapy

I offer a warm, respectful listening space within which you can explore your thoughts and concerns without judgement. I believe that within a nurturing, supportive therapeutic relationship you can build on your own strengths and resilience in order to find more effective ways of coping and develop greater self awareness.

I aim to work with you to support positive change and personal growth, and finding more effective ways of coping with adversity and living well.

I am a late diagnosed autistic woman and am part of the LGBT+ community. I am experienced in working with autistic clients to identify ways of meeting their needs as an individual. I work in solidarity with LGBT+ communities.

Practice description
My practice supports gender, sexuality and relationship diversity, and I have actively worked to promote greater representation and inclusion of LGBT+ people throughout my working life.

I work with a range of issues working with clients to provide a respectful listening space to explore the issues that are troubling them.

I have considerable experience of working with the impacts of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the voluntary sector, and in addition to this have also volunteered for a national bereavement charity and worked with both individuals and couples for an organisation specialising in intimate partner relationships.

My first session
During the first session I will provide the space for you to share what issues you would like to discuss and what you would hope for from therapy with me. We can talk about any questions that you may have and consider any goals.

This is an opportunity for us both to discover whether we think we can work together. I will be assessing whether and how I can help you and I will want to understand what you would like to gain from therapy.