Joanna Oxford, BACP
12 years in practice
Joanna Oxford is a counsellor with 12 years of practice who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting strain.
License and registration
- BACP
- 379650 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Joanna
Joanna Oxford is a counsellor with 12 years of practice who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and parenting strain. She also supports people with relationship problems, trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem and career concerns. Joanna accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.
She describes her style as warm and interactive. Joanna uses a blend of approaches to find what fits each person. Sessions focus on listening, practical conversation and small steps that can be tried between appointments.
Background and approach
Joanna brings experience from NHS mental health services to her personal work. She began moving into therapy work in 2009 and over time developed a flexible way of working. This lets her combine different methods to suit the concern presented.
Her toolkit includes Existential ideas about meaning, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to build valued action, and cognitive-behavioural techniques for managing thoughts and behaviours. Attachment-based and client-centred ways of working also shape how she relates and responds in sessions. Joanna has moved much of her practice online and offers phone, video, live chat and text-based messaging sessions.
She uses these formats for both short-term problem solving and longer-term support, adapting how she communicates to each person's needs. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to availability. Fees vary by location and are charged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joanna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Joanna names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Joanna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Existential therapy helps people face questions about meaning, choice and purpose. In online sessions this can involve honest conversations about values and what matters most when life feels uncertain. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and taking actions that match personal values; online work can include specific exercises and short tasks to practise between meetings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships affect current patterns and helps people try new ways of relating; this is useful for relationship concerns and issues around trust and closeness.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and Joanna treats it as a collaborative effort. She will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, try methods that seem likely to help, and adapt the plan as progress is made. The aim is to find what fits each person rather than to force a single style.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins and text-based messaging lets people reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress and clear next steps.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Joanna help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, as well as trauma, sleep problems, anger and self-esteem issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Joanna works in a warm, interactive way that focuses on listening and practical conversation. She adapts sessions to each person's needs and aims for small, manageable steps between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience, including work within NHS mental health services before moving into ongoing therapeutic practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
Joanna is registered with the BACP and works from the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients and can provide sessions remotely to people in other countries.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different communication needs and schedules.
How do fees and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and is managed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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