Joanna Klekotko , BACP

Joanna Klekotko is a psychologist and psychotherapist with more than 15 years of experience supporting adults and couples through a wide range of emotional and life challenges. She practices as an integrative therapist, drawing on person-centred principles, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic ideas to shape work that responds to each person's needs and goals. She aims to help clients understand their emotions, values and patterns so they can build resilience and practical coping strategies.

Her areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, loss and bereavement, self-esteem concerns and addictions, and she also offers support for life transitions, parenting challenges and trauma-related issues. Joanna adapts the length and style of therapy to the individual, offering both short-term counselling and open-ended psychotherapy depending on what a person requires.

In initial sessions she explores the main sources of distress and the outcomes a client hopes to achieve, and together they plan ways of working that fit the client’s expectations. Joanna believes in each person’s capacity for change and personal growth and seeks to create conditions that allow clients to connect with their emotions, needs and values. She holds BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and works in London offering both in-person and online video sessions.

Approaches and Online Support for Personal Change

Joanna uses therapeutic approaches that focus on values, relationships and the person in front of her. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that reflect their values - this can be useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in early relationships to improve current connections and emotional safety, which is helpful for relationship issues, attachment concerns and trauma. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of the work, offering empathic listening and collaboration so clients can discover their own resources and direction, often benefiting self-esteem, grief and personal growth.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joanna works with each client to identify goals, preferences and practical needs, and together they select or blend methods that fit the individual situation. This co-operative planning helps ensure therapy stays relevant and responsive.

Online work using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to access therapy around busy schedules or from different locations. These options provide flexibility in pacing, contact style and timing, allowing therapy to continue even when in-person meetings are not possible, while keeping the focus on therapeutic progress and accessibility.