Joanna Oxford

Joanna Oxford is a BACP counsellor who supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship concerns and parenting strain. She also helps with trauma and abuse, ADHD, intimacy issues, sleep difficulties, anger and low self-esteem. Joanna works with career and life change challenges, compassion fatigue and other pressures that affect daily life.

Joanna practises in a warm, interactive way and aims to make people feel heard. She listens first and then shapes sessions around each person’s needs. Her style is collaborative and respectful, with an emphasis on practical steps and honest conversation.

Her approach draws on a mix of methods rather than a single model. Joanna uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred ideas to help people make sense of their reactions and try new ways of coping.

She has 12 years of experience and has worked within NHS mental health services in the past. That background informs her practical focus and familiarity with common mental health difficulties.

Joanna has been offering counselling online for several years and is comfortable using video, telephone and email to connect. If online work is of interest, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what will be offered.

How Joanna’s approaches translate to online work

Joanna uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people recognise unhelpful thoughts and try practical changes. CBT focuses on noticing patterns of thinking and testing new behaviours, which can ease anxiety and mood problems. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and practise small changes that align with those values, useful for stress, depression and life transitions.

She also draws on attachment-based and client-centred ideas to make the relationship in therapy a central part of change. This means sessions often involve talking through emotional patterns, understanding how relationships shaped current reactions, and trying different ways of relating. Deciding which combination of approaches to use is a collaborative process between the therapist and client.

Many people find online therapy easier to fit around work, childcare and daily life. Joanna has practised by video, telephone and email and can discuss which option might suit practical needs - for example a short phone check-in on a busy day, or video when visual cues help the conversation. Confirm the current session options before booking so arrangements match your circumstances.