Counsellor profile
Joanne Leadbetter, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Relationships and Anger
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 405041
- Experience3 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Work and career issues
- Parenting challenges
About Joanne
Joanne Leadbetter is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional counselling experience. She works with people facing relationship strains, parenting pressures, career frustration, and anger that spills into daily life. She also supports those dealing with anxiety, depression, ADHD and a range of mood and stress-related concerns.
Joanne draws on her long informal experience with young people and several decades of life experience to keep conversations straightforward and practical. She uses Client-Centred Therapy and focuses on listening closely, reflecting back what she hears, and helping people clarify what they want to change. Sessions are conversational and paced to the individual.
Her background includes work with neurodiverse young people and people from LGBT communities, and she mentions experience around family problems, attachment concerns, addiction issues and compassion fatigue. Joanne writes plainly about life’s knocks and about learning steady ways to manage anger, impulsivity and relationship tension.
In sessions she helps people talk through immediate triggers and develop practical ways to respond differently. She will work with each person to set short-term goals and try different approaches to see what fits. Her style aims to be respectful and direct, focusing on real-life steps rather than abstract theory.
Joanne asks people to use the platform’s matching and scheduling tools to begin. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Sessions are conducted in English in the United Kingdom.
How sessions work
Approach and how online sessions are used
Joanne works primarily with Client-Centred Therapy. That means sessions focus on the client’s perspective, with the counsellor reflecting what she hears and helping the person identify their own priorities. This approach can help with emotional regulation, relationship patterns and understanding why anger comes up in particular situations.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanne treats selecting methods as a collaborative process. She will discuss goals, try approaches that fit a person’s style, and adjust based on what helps most in practice.
Practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping therapy consistent when travel is difficult. The platform’s booking and subscription system can make scheduling straightforward. Confirm the specific session formats available before booking so you know how you will meet and how sessions will fit into your routine.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she help with?
She supports people coping with snapping at loved ones, workplace frustration, built-up resentment and reactions to other people’s anger.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a Client-Centred Therapy approach that focuses on listening, reflecting and helping clients decide what they want to change.
What is her experience with related concerns?
She has three years of professional counselling experience plus decades of informal experience working with young people.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP.
Can I work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not currently accept international clients.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first appointment?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule your 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.