Joanne Leadbetter, BACP
Joanne Leadbetter offers help for relationship strain, parenting pressures, career crossroads, and the stress that comes with major life changes.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- +14 more
About Joanne
Joanne Leadbetter offers help for relationship strain, parenting pressures, career crossroads, and the stress that comes with major life changes. She also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, bipolar mood fluctuations, ADHD challenges, addictions, low self-esteem and compassion fatigue. Joanne is empathetic and direct, and she aims to make sessions feel practical and down to earth.
Joanne has three years of professional counselling experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
She describes herself as having decades of wider life experience and long involvement in youth work, which influences how she listens and responds. She adapts conversations to a person’s needs and pace. Her style is person-centred.
That means Joanne focuses on the client’s perspective and helps people find their own solutions rather than imposing a fixed plan. Sessions often involve straightforward conversation, careful listening and collaborative goal-setting. Joanne works with a broad range of concerns including anger, codependency, attachment difficulties, obsessive-compulsive patterns, panic attacks and seasonal mood shifts.
She also helps people navigate family problems, divorce and separation, money worries, jealousy and issues around commitment and control. Joanne offers sessions in English and practices from the United Kingdom. She aims to tailor what happens in therapy to each person’s situation, with sensitivity and respect for individual differences.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 405041 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Joanne works with
Everything Joanne lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joanne lists
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Online support
Joanne approaches online work in a collaborative way. She will talk with each person about what they want from counselling and adjust her way of working to fit those goals and preferences. Finding the right approach is part of the process and she aims to make decisions together about pace, topics and practical steps.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video helps when visual connection matters, phone calls are useful when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed, chat gives a paced written conversation and messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make counselling more flexible and easier to fit around work, family and daily life.
Frequently asked
What sorts of problems does Joanne help with?
Joanne supports people facing relationship difficulties, parenting pressures, career issues, life changes, ADHD, anxiety, depression, addictions and compassion fatigue among many other concerns.
How would you describe Joanne's therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centred approach that prioritises the person's own perspective and choices, focusing on listening, understanding and collaborative goal-setting.
What is her professional background?
Joanne has three years of professional counselling experience and many more years of wider work with young people, which she says informs her practice.
Where is Joanne based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Joanne offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Sessions are paid through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time; specific costs vary with location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with Joanne?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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