- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- Self esteem work
About Johanna
Johanna Osborn is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people who are carrying stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those dealing with guilt and shame and related concerns such as abandonment or family problems.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. Sessions are shaped around what a person is facing now and what they want to change. Johanna listens for patterns that keep a person feeling stuck, and she helps identify small steps to try between meetings.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address emotional hurt and unhelpful thinking. Conversations often focus on understanding how past experiences affect current feelings and on building clearer ways to communicate needs and boundaries. Work can include looking at attachment and relationship dynamics when these are linked to shame or guilt.
Johanna pays attention to life context, including caregiving strain, chronic health challenges, fertility and fatherhood issues when these are part of the picture. She also helps people who struggle with codependency, isolation or difficulty committing to decisions.
Sessions aim to be practical and readable rather than full of jargon. People meet to talk through painful memories, practise different ways of thinking and try small new behaviours in daily life. To begin, the reader is asked to use the site button to view online therapy options and complete a short matching questionnaire before booking.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Johanna works from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that aim to change distressing thoughts and patterns. Cognitive approaches focus on noticing unhelpful thinking and testing new interpretations; these methods can help with persistent guilt and ruminating anxiety. Attachment-informed work looks at how early relationship patterns shape present reactions and helps when shame is rooted in connection or abandonment concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Johanna will talk with the client about their specific goals and preferences and then try methods together. The path may shift over time as different techniques are tested and evaluated collaboratively.
Confirm the exact ways sessions are offered before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow a quicker check-in during a short break. They also let people use quieter surroundings or turn off video when that helps them focus on talking rather than being on camera.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of guilt or shame does Johanna help with?
She helps people carrying guilt and shame linked to relationships, family and past actions, as well as feelings tied to faith, loss or behaviour.
How does she approach feelings of guilt?
She uses evidence-based techniques to look at thinking patterns and behaviours that keep guilt active, and works on practical steps to test new ways of responding.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, self-esteem and depression.
What credentials and country does she practise in?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.