Joanne Thacker, BACP

Joanne Thacker is a UK-qualified counsellor who works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She holds a BACP Accredited Advanced Diploma in Integrative Counselling - a recognised professional qualification in the United Kingdom - and has three years of clinical experience supporting clients through difficult life events.

Joanne creates a kind, caring, and non-judgmental space where people can explore their stories at their own pace. She emphasises the value of being heard, offering time and attention so clients can talk through painful memories, loss, or ongoing struggles. Her practice includes focused work with grief, trauma, and domestic abuse, and she has specific experience helping with attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, body image, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and isolation.

Working collaboratively, Joanne aims to help clients develop clearer understanding of their feelings and choices and to find practical ways to improve day-to-day life. She believes that talking really does help and that, through therapeutic partnership, a more hopeful future is possible.

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Joanne draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotional responses - this approach can be helpful for people dealing with abandonment, attachment issues, and relationship difficulties. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on providing a warm, non-judgmental environment where clients lead the pace of sessions so they can gain clarity, build self-understanding, and address issues such as anxiety, depression, or grief. When appropriate, elements of Existential Therapy are introduced to help clients consider meaning, choice, and personal values during life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Joanne works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts her style as those needs evolve over time.

Online therapy with Joanne is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexible options to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access support from home or when traveling, and choose the way of communicating that feels most manageable for each individual.