Counsellor profile
Dr. Joanna (Ioanna) Karaoulani, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - anger and relationships
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 385634
- Experience20 years
- LanguagesEnglish, Greek
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- ACT methods
- CBT techniques
- Client-centred work
About Joanna
Dr. Joanna (Ioanna) Karaoulani is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 20 years of experience. She draws on her academic background, including a PhD in Clinical Psychology, to help people make sense of strong emotions and difficult situations. She works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression and anger, and also supports people with relationship and intimacy-related issues and parenting strains.
Her practice focuses on helping people understand how emotions show up in day-to-day life. She talks through feelings and helps clients learn practical ways to relate to those feelings differently. Sessions are straightforward and aim to reduce immediate strain while building longer-term coping skills.
Joanna uses a mix of psychological approaches that suit different problems and preferences. She draws on cognitive and behavioural tools to challenge unhelpful thought patterns. She also uses client-centred methods that foreground the person’s experience and values-based work that clarifies what matters most.
People who come for help with anger often want calmer reactions, clearer communication, and less rumination. Joanna helps clients identify triggers, practise alternative responses, and rehearse better ways to speak up without escalating.
She speaks English and Greek and works with people experiencing trauma and family-of-origin difficulties, issues around abandonment and attachment, caregiver stress, and life transitions. Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Joanna commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in her work. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it helps people act in line with what matters to them. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers specific strategies to test and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right approach is usually collaborative. Joanna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. The choice is revisited as work progresses so the plan stays practical and relevant.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, for example by avoiding travel time, allowing shorter check-ins between commitments, or choosing audio-only when bandwidth is limited. Registered or accredited professionals, including this counsellor, often use online sessions to keep regular contact and apply ACT or CBT exercises between meetings.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Greek
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger and relationship or intimacy concerns, plus issues like parenting, trauma and career strain.
How would she approach my anger?
She helps people notice triggers, practise alternative responses and build clearer communication skills using practical exercises and reflection.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience and holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology alongside other academic qualifications.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her in different languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Greek.
Does she accept clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients, so people outside the UK can enquire about working together.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.