Joanna Klekotko, BACP
Joanna Klekotko is a counsellor with 15 years' experience helping adults work through stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem and trauma.
About Joanna
Joanna Klekotko is a counsellor with 15 years' experience helping adults work through stress, anxiety, relationship problems, low self-esteem and trauma. She offers practical support for depression, addictions, grief and issues around intimacy and eating. Sessions are offered in English and Polish and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Joanna uses an integrative style and adapts what she does to each person’s needs. She draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work and cognitive behavioural techniques.
Background and approach
In a first meeting she will listen to what feels most distressing and set simple, practical goals together. Her work focuses on helping clients notice emotions, values and patterns that get in the way of change. Joanna aims to help people build emotional resilience and find strategies to cope with life transitions and relationship stress.
She also supports those dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, attachment issues and dissociation. Sessions can be short-term problem-focused work or longer open-ended therapy depending on what the person wants. Joanna encourages people to name their goals and then chooses methods that suit those aims.
She emphasises collaboration so clients stay in control of the pace and direction. Her practice includes both conversation-based therapy and practical exercises. Joanna helps people identify unhelpful thinking, try new behaviours and settle on values-based actions that feel meaningful.
The aim is to leave therapy with clearer choices and better coping skills.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 393685 | March 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Joanna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Joanna names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How Joanna’s approaches translate to online therapy
Joanna commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy when working online. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that fit their values, which can be useful for anxiety, depression and life changes. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and change how they relate to others.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Joanna will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that suit those aims. This is a collaborative process so therapy can shift if a different way of working seems more helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and exercises that use visual cues, phone calls work when lower bandwidth is needed, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, travel or family commitments and keep continuity when life is unpredictable.
Frequently asked
What problems does Joanna help with?
Joanna supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and self-esteem issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and many related concerns listed in her speciality areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses an integrative, client-centred approach and combines methods such as ACT, attachment-based work and CBT to match the person's needs and goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of therapeutic experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life difficulties.
Where does Joanna practise and what are her credentials?
Joanna practises from the United Kingdom and is listed with BACP, which is shown as her provided credential.
Which languages are supported during sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Polish, and she is able to work with international clients.
How are sessions delivered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.