About Joanne
Support for Your Journey
Welcome to Joanne Maughan Counselling and Coaching
Joanne is a counsellor and life coach based at Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. With over 30 years of experience working with people across diverse industries and life stages,
Joanne brings a wealth of lived experience, empathy, and insight to every conversation.
Joanne is passionate about supporting individuals through life’s pivotal transitions — whether it's navigating sudden grief and loss, rediscovering identity after separation, facing career changes, or seeking greater emotional wellbeing.
She creates a warm, safe, and supportive space for adults, couples, and individuals to explore their challenges, gain clarity, and move forward with renewed strength.
Professional and Experienced
As a professionally trained counsellor and experienced life coach, Joanne offers both in-person counselling sessions on the Sunshine Coast and convenient online appointments to suit your schedule and comfort level.
Her counselling approach is gentle yet empowering — helping clients explore:
- Mind-body connection
- Self-awareness and reflection
- Emotional insight
- Authentic living
- Compassionate self-understanding
Joanne’s therapeutic style is person-centred, trauma-informed, and holistic. She believes that healing happens when we feel heard, understood, and empowered with tools that align with our unique life experiences.
Her work draws from a range of evidence-based therapies including Solution-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Psychoeducation, and Mindfulness-based approaches. She also incorporates elements of NLP, Gestalt and Psychodynamic practice, adapting her method to meet you exactly where you are.
Whether you’re working through sudden loss, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, burnout, or navigating a new chapter in your life, Joanne walks beside you with kindness, clarity, and a deep respect for your personal journey.
With curiosity, courage, and compassion — Joanne helps you reconnect with your sense of self, regain your footing, and begin to live more fully, with purpose and intention.
Taking the next Steps
Making the Commitment to Change
Choosing to commit to a lifestyle change is a courageous promise you make to yourself. It demands dedication, focus, and heart. While it’s not always easy, the journey is profoundly worth it—and you don’t have to face it alone.
My commitment to you is clear and powerful: I offer authenticity, accountability, genuine empathy, and practical tools to help you uncover hidden beliefs and behaviors that may be holding you back. Together, we’ll apply proven techniques like CBT, designed to fast-track your progress and build sustainable momentum.
Through a trusted goal-setting system, I’ll guide and support you every step of the way—keeping you aligned with your vision and empowered to realize it.
Whether you’re redefining your future, navigating grief, or rediscovering your confidence, I’ll guide you every step of the way.
Let’s walk this path together — and bring your next chapter to life.
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