Joanna Cottrell, BACP

Joanna Cottrell is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. She works with adults who want help with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, career worries, depression, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family concerns, grief, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strain and anger. Joanna uses clear, practical methods to help people make changes they can feel in daily life.

Joanna creates a straightforward space where people can talk through what is happening for them. She focuses on honest conversation and practical steps rather than jargon. Sessions are aimed at identifying patterns that keep problems going and trying out small changes to see what works.

Her approach draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow what the person brings, and on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to look at how thoughts, feelings and actions link. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people notice their own reasons to change, and Solution-Focused work to set achievable short-term goals.

Joanna has experience helping people facing trauma and loss and uses Trauma-Focused Therapy skills when needed. She is familiar with issues such as attachment difficulties, chronic health challenges, caregiving stress and identity concerns linked to LGBT questions.

Practical matters are part of the work. Joanna helps people build better sleep and eating routines, manage anger and cope with life changes. She explains techniques in plain language and checks in on what is useful at each step.

How Joanna uses practical approaches online