If you’re struggling with mental or emotional health difficulties, we can help.
There is currently a waiting list for new clients
If you’re struggling with mental or emotional health difficulties, we can help.
There is currently a waiting list for new clients
Joanna is a qualified and highly experienced psychotherapist who has helped many hundreds of individuals move forward from periods of difficulty in their life. With extensive experience working with all forms of emotional distress, Joanna always strives to ensure that alongside specific work carried out during appointments, clients have a firm foundation of understanding and a set of tools to continue to maintain their own emotional health proactively in the future.
Joanna has a specialist interest in sleep, including its role in mental and physical health and has trained with the prestigious Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute at the University of Oxford.
As well as her therapeutic practice Joanna is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), an advanced level of professional standing that evidences expertise in teaching and learning in higher education. She has had thousands of hours in the classroom teaching and training students and staff. She and her team offer student mental health and wellbeing training, psychoeducation and mediation services to the higher education sector. Joanna works with Student Minds, the UK's student mental health charity and is an assessor for the University Mental Health Charter.
Returning to her roots Joanna is a senior tutor and assessor on the Human Givens Diploma in Psychotherapy, Head of Supervision for the Human Givens College and hosts their podcast.
In 2021 Joanna was appointed as a director of One Step Borders, a charity that supports young people in the Scottish Borders experiencing emotional and/or mental health challenges.
In her spare time she loves walking, running, sailing and pretty much anything that gets her out in nature. She is also a qualified yoga teacher.
Joanna is a Senior Accredited Member of the HGI, (SCoPEd Column C), a professional register accredited by the Professional Standards Authority. She holds an Enhanced DBS certificate and is registered with the ICO.
Work through any difficulties that you are experiencing in a safe, comfortable and confidential setting.
Improve your sleep and enjoy the significant boosts in mood, concentration, performance, health and well-being.
Add meaning to ambition and unlock your potential through focused questioning and reflective, straight-forward conversation.
Ensure standards, enhance quality, advance learning, stimulate creativity, and support the sustainability and resilience of your work.
