Joanne Thompson

I offer a warm, respectful listening space within which you can explore your thoughts and concerns without judgement. I believe that within a nurturing, supportive therapeutic relationship you can build on your own strengths and resilience in order to find more effective ways of coping and develop greater self awareness.   

My approach is person-centred in the emphasis on the quality of the therapeutic relationship and developing a good interpersonal connection and deep understanding of the client and their experience of the world. As part of the work we may consider how early relationships and experiences continue to affect our sense of ourself in the world and relationship with others. 

I aim to work with you to support positive change and personal growth, and finding more effective ways of coping with adversity and living well.

I am a late diagnosed autistic woman and am part of the LGBT+ community. I am experienced in working with autistic clients to identify ways of meeting their needs as an individual. I work in solidarity with LGBT+ communities.

My practice supports gender, sexuality and relationship diversity, and I have actively worked to promote greater representation and  inclusion of LGBT+ people throughout my working life. 

I work with a range of issues working with clients to provide a respectful listening space to explore the issues that are troubling them.

I have considerable experience of working with the impacts of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the voluntary sector, and in addition to this have also volunteered for a national bereavement charity and worked with both individuals and couples for an organisation specialising in intimate partner relationships.

During the first session I will provide the space for you to share what issues you would like to discuss and what you would hope for from therapy with me. We can talk about any questions that you may have and consider any goals.

This is an opportunity for us both to discover whether we think we can work together. I will be assessing whether and how I can help you and I will want to understand what you would like to gain from therapy.

I am currently offering supervision online only.

I am a relational supervisor and work collaboratively to enhance understanding of the client work and its impact in order to practice more effectively and encourage professional growth whilst maintaining the resources needed to practice ethically and safely.

I aim to facilitate a respectful, reflective space for us to explore and consider professional and personal responses to client work, providing a protective space to reflect, holding the wellbeing of both practitioner and client at the heart of the work.

I offer Group supervision, please ask for further details.

The first session is an opportunity for us to meet together and consider your needs as a practitioner, what I can offer, and how we feel about potentially working together to support your  practice.