Joanne Brown

I offer Monday and Tuesday evening appointments; and Wednesday day time. Please contact me for availability. 

Starting a New Year may be making you consider starting counselling/therapy, and your reasons are unique to you as an individual.  I offer a safe and non-judgemental space for you to explore your thoughts and feelings,  to help you move on in the way you choose, and achieve a more fulfilling life. 

Talking things through in a confidential environment can help alleviate unhelpful thoughts and feelings, and help you move towards a more positive way of living. Counselling and psychotherapy offers the opportunity to achieve change: either the situation or the way you feel about it.

I am aBACP Accredited Counsellor and qualified in Psychotherapeutic Counselling. I use an integrative approach to therapy due to my view that 'one size does not fit all'. I believe that the relationship is the core of counselling, and this guides my therapeutic approach to you as an individual:  adapting my work to suit your unique needs.  

Additionally I offer I-CBT (Inference Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) which is a specialised therapy for working to resolve OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) by helping you understand and change the faulty reasoning process that leads to obsessional doubts, which then leads to the compulsions.  By targeting the beginning of the OCD process we can resolve the distress and compulsions before they start.  Please contact me for more details of how I-CBT could work for you.     

I am based in Flixton, Manchester with good local and public transport links.  Plenty of parking.  

I also offer video counselling so can be accessed anywhere. 

If you choose to come to therapy we will work together to explore what is causing your concern, and then work towards changes you may wish to make. The emphasis is on you and your desired outcomes, whilst supporting you through the process.

Training:

• BACP Accreditation
• Advanced Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
• Certificate in Therapeutic Counselling
• I-CBT (Inference Based CBT)
• Transactional Analysis 101
• Level 3 Counselling Skills
• Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
• BACP Certificate of Proficiency

The relationship between therapist and client is key to facilitating a safe space to initiate change. If you are considering counselling please contact me to  explore whether counselling is the right thing for you and if you feel I am the right therapist.  I offer a half price full session (face to face, telephone or video); to see if you feel I am the 'right fit' for you.