Counsellor profile
Joanna Oxford, BACP
Counsellor - Stress and relationships
See online counselling options- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment focus
About Joanna
Counsellor Joanna Oxford is a BACP member with 12 years' experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief, parenting and depression among other concerns. Joanna works in the United Kingdom and offers help with a wide range of life changes and emotional challenges.
Joanna uses a mix of approaches in her counselling. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas alongside person-centred and emotionally-focused ways of working. Sessions aim to clarify what matters to the client, notice unhelpful thinking patterns and improve how people relate to themselves and others.
Her style is interactive and direct. She listens and reflects, asks questions and suggests practical steps a person can try between sessions. Conversations include thinking about feelings, behaviours and the small changes that can reduce pressure in daily life.
Joanna has worked within NHS mental health services in the past and moved into therapeutic work to focus on longer term support. Over time she has provided both short and longer term counselling for a variety of issues such as trauma and abuse, intimacy, sleep problems and caring stress.
She now uses telephone, video and email as part of her practice. These formats have been used for brief and ongoing work and she can discuss how they might fit into a person’s routine when contact is first made.
How Joanna uses therapeutic approaches online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and decide what matters to them. It focuses on small, purposeful actions that link to personal values and can help with anxiety, stress and life changes.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It involves identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing different ways of responding, which can be useful for low mood, worry and sleep problems.
Attachment-Based ideas explore how early and current relationships shape expectations and responses. This can be helpful when intimacy, relationship conflict or attachment issues are a concern.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanna aims to agree on methods together, matching techniques to what a person wants and what proves helpful in practice. She discusses options in early sessions and adapts the plan as therapy progresses.
Practical benefits of online counselling can include fitting sessions into work or family routines and reducing travel time. Joanna has experience using telephone, video and email formats and can explain which format she offers when contact is made. If you need a specific session type, confirm the options before booking.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with most often?
She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, parenting and depression, and a range of related concerns such as trauma, sleep problems and caring stress.
What style of counselling does Joanna use?
Her style is interactive and person-centred. She uses talking, reflection and practical tasks to address thinking patterns and relationships.
How much experience does she have?
Joanna has 12 years' experience working in counselling and related mental health settings.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Are sessions available in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
She has used telephone, video and email counselling. Confirm current session options before booking.
How does the cost and booking work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time; to start, use the See online counselling options button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.