Joanne Coulthard

I have availability for in person and online sessions, please contact me for up to date information about my availability.

I currently have availability for individual and couple sessions

I am an experienced individual and couple psychotherapist, I specialise in helping people to explore long standing difficulties that are limiting the quality of life and the quality of their relationships.   I see people for brief and longer term therapeutic work.

This type of therapy can help you to Identify unhelpful patterns and ways of coping that can disrupt relationships, which may have roots in past early experiences.

People come to see me because they are distressed about recurring problems in their life and relationships. They want help with their distress, to be heard, understood and supported to make changes toward a more satisfying life and connections in relationships.

People come to see me because they want to understand themselves and their relationships more deeply, this type of therapy aims to help make deep seated changes as well as relieving troubling symptoms.

Types of problems I help individuals and couples with:

Difficulty forming or maintaining satisfying relationships; Identifying unhelpful patterns and ways of coping that can disrupt relationships, which may have roots in past early experiences.

Relationship difficulties with a partner, friend or family member; help to understand and develop greater self awareness about recurring difficulties. 

Adjusting to life changes and transitions such as university, marriage, birth of children, retirement and chronic illness. 

Treating depression and anxiety that is restricting the ability to live a full life

My qualifications and Training

Registered member British Psychoanalytic Council - Psychodynamic Psychotherapist

Member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists

Couple and Family Therapy - Australian Institute Relationship Studies

Member - New South Wales Institute Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Relate certified relationships counsellor

I have over 15 years experience working as an individual and couple psychotherapist, both in private practice and in organisations.

I currently work in private practice seeing individuals and couples as well as working for the NHS as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist.

My specialist training is in psychodynamic psychotherapy, and couple and family therapy. I offer initial consultation sessions, where frequency and length of therapy can be fully discussed.

If appropriate following initial consultation, therapy can begin or a referral may be made to other services.

I am able to provide online sessions as well as face to face sessions at my Harrogate practice.

Before the initial consultation session I ask that you complete some basic information about yourself and a brief questionnaire.

I usually find it useful to meet for between 2 - 4 consultation sessions in order to carefully consider what you are wanting from therapy as well as whether this will be a good fit for you.

During initial sessions I will ask you about your present situation and about your past experiences, in order to understand you better. I will do my best to answer your questions too. From this we can think about options for the way forward.

I have availability for in person and online sessions, please contact me for up to date information about my availability.

I am an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist, I specialise in helping people to explore long-standing difficulties that are limiting their quality of life. I see individuals for brief and longer-term therapeutic work.

I work in private practice seeing individuals and couples, and for the NHS, as a psychodynamic psychotherapist.

I supervise trainees and newly qualified therapists, my approaches include psychodynamic, person-centered, and systemic.

I completed  the Teesside Accredited Supervisor Training in 2023

I am registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council

Member of the Tavistock Society of Psychotherapists

Member New South Wales Institute Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

I offer supervision in person at Harrogate or online through Zoom.

I offer ongoing supervision to newly qualified therapists or therapists with an interest in a psychodynamic approach.

My therapy modalities include person-centered, psychodynamic, and systemic

I usually find it is useful to have an initial phone call to identify your aims for supervision 

At the first meeting we discuss what you want from supervision and develop a basic supervisory contract together

We discuss and agree the initial number of supervision sessions and how we expect to be working together.