Joanne Sage, BACP
Joanne Sage helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and life changes.
About Joanne
Joanne Sage helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and life changes. She also supports people facing addictions, relationship and intimacy difficulties, sleeping and eating problems, parenting strain, anger, career concerns, bipolar challenges, compassion fatigue and ADHD.
Joanne works with a wide range of additional concerns including body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress and communication problems. Joanne uses a practical, straightforward style. She creates an open space where people can talk without fear of judgement.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on understanding what is happening now and finding steps to move forward. She encourages small, realistic changes that build resilience over time. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred work and cognitive behavioural techniques, plus mindfulness and existential reflections when useful.
She adapts methods to each person rather than using a single fixed model. That flexibility helps match the work to the problem and the person. Joanne has ten years of formal experience as a therapist and a longer history working in mental health roles.
She has worked in charity settings and in independent practice across the United Kingdom. Her credential is BACP, which is shown as BACP. In sessions she will help people notice patterns from family history and how they affect day-to-day life.
Practical tools include boundary work, distress tolerance skills, mindfulness practice and ways to track how the body holds stress. The aim is to strengthen resources so people can make steady, manageable change.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 379241 | September 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Joanne works with
Everything Joanne lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joanne lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanne will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adjust the mix of methods over time. The aim is to build a plan together that makes sense and feels doable for everyday life.
Online therapy with Joanne is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is lower, live chat suits brief check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family life and appointments while keeping the work consistent and focused.
Frequently asked
What kinds of issues does Joanne support?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, life changes and a range of related concerns such as addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, sleeping and eating difficulties, parenting strain, bipolar and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and non-judgemental, focusing on understanding current patterns and finding manageable steps forward. Sessions aim to combine listening with concrete skills and reflective conversation.
What is her background and experience?
Joanne has ten years of experience as a therapist and over two decades working in mental health roles. She has worked with charities and in personal practise across the UK.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Joanne offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their needs.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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