Joanne Harratt , BACP

Joanne Harratt is a BACP-registered counsellor with ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma, addiction, eating and body image concerns, and a wide range of life changes. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can explore both present difficulties and past experiences to better understand why they feel or react as they do, and to find opportunities for change and growth.

Her work is client-led and tailored to each person’s individual needs. Joanne draws on client-centered principles that prioritize the person’s own experience, emotionally-focused methods that help with relationship and attachment issues, and psychodynamic ideas that explore patterns and unconscious influences. She aims to listen deeply and create time for reflection so clients can become more aware and make conscious choices about how to move forward.

Joanne’s formal training includes a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling from the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body and a Certificate of Higher Education in Psychodynamic Counselling from the University of Leicester. She has completed additional training in areas such as complicated grief, transactional analysis, solution-focused therapy, hearing voices, anger management, attachment theory, creative interventions, intrusive thoughts, working with survivors of sexualised trauma, suicide awareness, and couples counselling.

Her practical experience includes more than three years of volunteer work supporting women with complex needs, including survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse, and volunteering with a charity for male victims of rape and sexual abuse. Joanne is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She is not currently accepting new clients.

Therapeutic approaches and online support with Joanne Harratt

Joanne uses a blend of client-centered, emotionally-focused, and psychodynamic approaches to guide online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, empathic space where the client’s own perspective and goals steer the process - this approach helps with general life stress, self-esteem, and decision-making. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) concentrates on patterns in close relationships and emotional responses, offering practical ways to understand and shift how people connect and respond to one another, which can be especially useful for relationship and attachment issues. Psychodynamic therapy explores recurring patterns and unconscious influences that shape feelings and behaviour, supporting deeper insight into longstanding problems and repeated choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Joanne works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful based on their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the work as those needs evolve.

Online therapy with Joanne can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access regular support from home or work, to maintain continuity during life changes, and to choose the format that best fits how someone prefers to communicate.