Counsellor profile
Joanna Oxford, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 12 years of experience
Counsellor for stress, relationships and trauma
Continue with JoannaAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (379650)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Joanna supplied to BetterHelp.
- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting and grief
- CBT and attachment
About Joanna
BACP member. Joanna Oxford has 12 years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties, and also helps with parenting, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD and related concerns.
Joanna uses straightforward talking therapy. She draws on cognitive behavioural approaches, client-centred ideas and attachment work to help people look at thoughts, feelings and patterns that cause distress. Sessions are conversational and practical, focusing on what someone wants to change or understand.
Her practice covers a wide range of issues including intimacy-related difficulties, sleeping problems, anger and self-esteem. She also supports people facing career decisions, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and caregiver stress. Additional focus areas listed include abandonment, body image, autism and blended family issues.
Joanna describes her way of working as interactive. She aims to treat people with respect and to avoid labels. Therapy may involve looking at behaviour and thinking patterns, exploring attachment experiences, and using exercises from cognitive behavioural work where helpful.
She has experience of working in NHS mental health services and moved into therapeutic work that blends different approaches. Joanna began offering remote options in recent years and now uses telephone, email and video for counselling as part of her practice.
Sessions aim to be practical and readable for someone worried and looking for help. To start, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session so the counsellor and client can agree aims and a way of working.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and decide what matters to them, then take small steps toward those values. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and practising different responses. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and change those relational responses.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Joanna will discuss options with the client and together they will decide which approaches fit the client’s goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that can change as therapy progresses.
The counsellor has used telephone, email and video counselling and has found these methods useful for making therapy fit everyday life. Confirm which formats are currently offered before booking. Remote sessions can make it easier to schedule appointments, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel to an appointment.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
Joanna works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting issues and a broad range of related problems including trauma and abuse, ADHD and grief.
What is her counselling style?
Her style is conversational and interactive, combining client-centred listening with practical cognitive behavioural and attachment-informed techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years' experience in therapeutic work, including time spent in NHS mental health services.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are used?
The biography notes use of telephone, email and video counselling; confirm the current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what is the cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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