Joanne Bruce, BACP

Joanne Bruce offers support for stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns. She also helps with self-esteem, low mood, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strains, anger, coping with life changes and ADHD. Joanne aims to create a warm, encouraging space where adults and young people can feel seen and understood.

She combines a background in education, sport and counselling with life experience from living in several countries. That mix informs a practical, down-to-earth style. Sessions focus on helping people notice unhelpful thought patterns and everyday habits, and on small changes that make daily life easier.

Joanne trained in Person Centred Counselling and holds Foundation Degrees in Counselling Studies and Early Childhood Studies and Practice, plus a Bachelor of Education Studies. She has seven years' experience working with a variety of concerns and brings humour and empathy to sessions.

Her approach often draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and solution-focused ideas alongside client-centred ways of working. In practice this means talking through situations, testing simple changes, and setting manageable goals. Joanne and the person she sees decide together which methods fit best.

She also offers coaching-style support, sport-related work and help with neurodivergent challenges such as aspects of autism and ADHD. People can expect practical conversation, clear next steps and a respectful pace that suits their life.

How Joanne uses proven approaches in online work

Client-Centred Therapy centres the person's own experience and priorities. It involves active listening and responding to what matters most to the individual, which can help with low mood, life direction and self-esteem.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises to challenge unhelpful thinking and to build new daily habits, which can aid anxiety, sleep issues and coping with change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joanne will discuss goals and preferences with the client and agree which methods to try together. This collaborative stance means changes are paced to what the person can manage.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow short check-ins when needed. It also lets people work with a therapist who understands their background and life circumstances, even if they live in a different area or country.