Joanna Bienkowska, BACP

Joanna Bienkowska is a BACP registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional and placement experience. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, sleep problems, depression, addictions, family issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, eating concerns, parenting pressures, anger, self-esteem and career worries.

Joanna takes a straightforward approach in sessions. She listens to what is happening now and what you want to change. Conversations focus on practical steps and on making sense of patterns that keep causing pain or conflict.

Her main approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which means she and the client look at thoughts, feelings and behaviours together. They then try out small, manageable changes to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. Sessions involve talking, setting goals and practising new ways of responding to difficult situations.

Joanna also pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness and communication problems. She helps people notice the triggers behind impulsive or controlling behaviour and works through issues such as guilt, shame and isolation.

Sessions are offered in English and Polish. Joanna accepts international clients and aims to help people find clearer ways to cope, communicate and make choices that feel more workable in daily life.

How Joanna uses CBT online and what to expect