Counsellor profile
Joe Roberts, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Anxiety and Addictions
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 400926
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Codependency support
About Joe
Joe Roberts is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and depression, and helps people who are navigating issues around sexuality and relationships including gender dysphoria and LGBT concerns.
Joe describes therapy as a place to bring whatever is on your mind. He uses that opening to look at how current problems connect with past experiences and recurring patterns. He often helps people who feel empty, struggle with people-pleasing or find themselves losing a sense of who they are in relationships.
In sessions he draws on psychodynamic ideas to trace how early attachments and repeated behaviours continue to shape present life. That approach looks for patterns in relationships and feelings, and explores how they show up now. He also uses trauma-focused methods when past events keep causing distress, helping people process strong reactions and reduce their hold on daily life.
Joe works in a straightforward way. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what has happened before, and small changes that can make daily life easier. He pays attention to emotions, relationships and the stories people tell about themselves.
People come for a range of issues from addiction and substance concerns to body image, codependency and lingering guilt or shame. He asks people to bring what matters most to them, and then they look together at practical steps and deeper shifts that can help.
How sessions work
How his psychodynamic and trauma work translates online
Psychodynamic Therapy looks at repeating patterns in relationships and mood. It helps people notice how past attachments and repeated roles shape current feelings and choices. This approach is useful for people who keep replaying the same problems, including patterns that look like codependency.Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on past events that continue to cause strong reactions. It uses careful, paced work to reduce how much those memories affect day-to-day life and relationships. This can be helpful for people dealing with addiction histories, grief or shock that keeps returning.
Choosing the right way of working is part of the process and will be decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then suggest whether psychodynamic or trauma-focused work, or a mixture, is most helpful.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a break. They also let people work in locations that suit them and can make scheduling more flexible. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt their approach to the online setting to focus on practical steps and on processing difficult feelings.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does he help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief and depression and related concerns such as codependency, body image and loneliness.
How would he approach people-pleasing and boundary issues?
He uses psychodynamic and trauma-focused ideas to trace how past patterns shape present behaviours and to find practical steps for setting limits and saying no.
How much experience does he have?
Joe has three years' experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What professional credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is registered with the BACP and practices in the United Kingdom.
Can I see him if English is not my first language?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does he work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.