Joanne Ramshaw, BACP, NCPS

Joanne Ramshaw is a counsellor who uses a warm, honest, and non-judgemental approach to help people move forward. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and grief. Joanne has five years of professional experience and holds BACP and NCPS credentials.

Her sessions focus on practical steps people can use day to day. She listens to what matters most and helps clients set small, realistic goals. Conversations often look at patterns of thinking and behaviour, and at ways to build self-compassion and motivation.

Joanne draws on several approaches to match the person in front of her. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help change unhelpful thinking and to build new habits. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take meaningful action when life feels overwhelming.

Attachment-based and narrative methods are also part of her work. These help people understand relationship patterns and reframe difficult life stories. Together these approaches aim to make sense of painful experiences and find new ways forward.

She has experience with a broad range of concerns beyond the most common issues. These include addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strains, chronic illness, bereavement, and problems around commitment and control. Joanne invites clients to explore the next steps at a pace that feels manageable.

How therapeutic approaches work in online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on what matters most to them. It supports action aligned with personal values even when emotions are hard to sit with. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and uses practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns and build new routines. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early and current relationships shape expectations and responses, helping people understand and change recurring relational patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will talk with each person about goals, lived experience and preferences. Together they will try methods that fit the issue and adjust as needed so sessions feel useful and manageable.

If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow follow-up exercises and reflections between meetings. Different approaches lend themselves to different tasks online - for example CBT homework and ACT exercises transfer well to remote sessions - and the counsellor will recommend what suits your situation.