About Jo
Jo Reidy is a counsellor with 15 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the BACP, and she supports people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, eating difficulties and depression. She aims to create an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement.
Jo focuses on helping people take the first steps towards change. She works in a straightforward way, offering support and encouragement as clients consider what a more fulfilling life might look like.
Background and approach
The work is practical and paced to the person’s needs. Her approach includes attachment-based work that looks at how past relationships affect present patterns. She also uses client-centred methods that place the person’s experience at the heart of sessions.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try out different ways of coping. Jo has additional experience with relationship matters, LGBT concerns, grief, intimacy-related issues and parenting strain. She also supports those facing chronic pain, body image issues, codependency and workplace compassion fatigue.
Her background covers both short-term goals and longer emotional work. People who come to Jo can expect a calm, attentive presence and straightforward conversation about goals and next steps. She encourages collaboration on practical tools and gentle reflection on life choices.
This makes the work feel manageable for people taking therapy for the first time.
What Jo works with
Everything Jo lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Jo is listed here; the rest shows what else Jo works with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Jo lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Jo’s approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses. Online sessions can use this approach to help people spot repeating habits in relationships and try new ways of relating. Client-centred therapy places the person’s experience at the centre of the work and focuses on empathic listening and acceptance to build self-awareness and choice.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviour and then tests practical changes. In remote sessions this can include agreed exercises, thought records and simple behavioural experiments to try between meetings. These approaches can be useful for anxiety, low mood, relationship strain and coping with change.
Finding the best approach is part of the process. Jo will work collaboratively to decide what fits the client’s needs, goals and preferences. That aim guides whether more reflective attachment work, client-centred listening or practical CBT tasks are used at any stage.
The practical benefits of online therapy often include easier scheduling around work or family commitments and fewer travel demands. Online work can also allow shorter check-ins when needed or sessions without video if someone prefers less bandwidth. Because the original biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm available formats before booking so you can choose what fits your routine.
Questions people ask about Jo
What concerns does Jo commonly help with?
Jo supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and eating difficulties as well as depression and grief. Her practice also covers relationship matters, LGBT concerns, sleep problems and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and straightforward, with an emphasis on listening and collaboration. Sessions combine client-centred conversation with practical techniques to address thinking and behaviour.
What experience does she bring?
She has 15 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. That background includes work with trauma, addictions and long-term emotional issues.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
Jo is registered with the BACP and practices in the United Kingdom. The BACP credential is listed as provided in her profile.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted, so people outside the UK can enquire about working together.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. Specific pricing will be shown when you choose a plan.
How do I begin working with Jo?
Use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. You can then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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