Joanna Hermo

My working hours are Monday-Friday. At the moment I primarily offer sessions remotely over Zoom. 

If you are interested in sessions please send me an email or text and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I am an MÂ鶹ԭ´´ (Accred) psychotherapist and work integratively, adapting my approach to your individual therapeutic needs and what you hope to achieve from therapy, incorporating learnings from different modalities. 

I aim to explore some of the thoughts and feelings you are experiencing and work in an open, non-judgemental and collaborative way to help build a safe relationship between us. I might notice body language or changes in our own relationship and bring your awareness to relational patterns that you exhibit. As part of this, I sometimes use tools from a model of psychotherapy called Internal Family Systems to help develop self-compassion and greater self-awareness.

We also may explore unconscious processes and patterns of behaviour using a Psychodynamic approach or Transactional Analysis, looking at how past experiences may unconsciously be shaping your feelings, thoughts and behaviour.  

Finally I also offer EMDR to help people process distressing memories from the past and to support them in changing negative cognitive beliefs into more healthy, adaptive ones. 

There are times in every person's life when things feel overwhelming, hopeless or impossible and it can be difficult knowing what to do in these moments or where to turn to for support. In my work with clients I aim to create a safe space where you can express yourself without fear of judgement or rejection.

I use empathy to explore what is happening from your perspective to empower you to find the strength within yourself to make positive changes in your life. I am so grateful to work alongside people to help them see their own self worth and potential.

Our first session together will be a time where I learn a little more about you, what has brought you to seek therapy at this point in your life and what you hope to gain from our time together. It is also an opportunity for you to gain a bit more of an understanding about how I work so you can decide if this feels right for you and what you are looking for from counselling.