Joanne McKenzie

Joanne McKenzie is a therapeutic counsellor who works from a person-centred approach. She draws on four years of professional experience to listen, reflect and help people understand what feels most urgent to them. Joanne aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and supported.

She focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety and low self-esteem, and helps with relationship difficulties and LGBTQ concerns. She also works with people dealing with grief, trauma, eating problems and major life changes. Additional areas Joanne addresses include anger, career worries and questions about life purpose.

Joanne uses straightforward conversations to help clients name feelings and spot patterns that make life harder. She offers practical tools from cognitive behavioural ideas and solution-focused techniques when useful. Mindfulness practices are also brought in to help with grounding and calmer thinking.

Her sessions aim to be a non-judgemental space where people can say what they really feel. Joanne describes therapy as a collaborative process and helps clients set simple, realistic goals. She supports people as they try new ways of coping and making decisions.

Joanne holds NCPS and works in the United Kingdom. Sessions are carried out in English. To begin, people follow the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How Joanne’s approaches translate to online counselling

Joanne commonly uses a person-centred approach that focuses on listening closely and helping people find their own answers. This approach involves open conversation, reflection and building trust so clients can explore feelings and choices. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to notice unhelpful thinking and try practical steps to change patterns; these are useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Joanne will discuss goals and preferences with each person and recommend a combination of approaches that fit their needs. The choice of techniques is collaborative and can change as progress is made.

Practical benefits of online counselling include fitting sessions around busy days and reducing travel time, which can make regular appointments easier to keep. If you would like to know how sessions are delivered, please confirm current session options before booking. The focus in online work is the same as in person: clear goals, simple coping tools and steady support to help people manage stress, grief and life transitions.