Joanna 'Jo' Biegala, BACP

Joanna 'Jo' Biegala is an integrative counsellor registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She offers a compassionate and honest space where people can explore, process and acknowledge thoughts, experiences and emotions without fear of judgement. Her clinical background includes supporting adults with complex mental health needs alongside work addressing general wellbeing concerns such as anxiety, body image issues and depression. She has also worked with children and young people aged 5 to 18, bringing experience across a wide age range.

Joanna believes clients should be able to shape how counselling looks for them, whether they seek practical solutions, insight into patterns, or a listening space to express themselves. She works collaboratively, empowering each person to lead the therapeutic process and retain control over goals and pace. Her style is integrative - built on core person-centred skills to establish a strong therapeutic relationship and supplemented by cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), attachment-based therapy and solution-focused therapy. These approaches provide both insight and practical coping strategies to help manage presenting concerns and promote ongoing emotional wellbeing.

Joanna specialises in stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem and depression, and supports people navigating life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment and attachment issues, body image, communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, impulsivity, self-love, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues. She practices in English from the United Kingdom.

Attachment-informed and solution-focused online care

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships influence current patterns of relating and emotional responses. It helps people understand attachment needs and work through difficulties tied to abandonment, trust or connection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours; it offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety, lift mood and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on building on strengths and small achievable steps, helping clients identify goals and notice progress quickly.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Joanna works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adapt the work as things change, so the plan remains practical and client-led.

Online therapy with Joanna is offered by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access support from home or work, to fit sessions around life commitments, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable while working with a registered professional or therapist.