Who I am
Hi, my name is Jo and I work in private counselling practice offering both face to face counselling and online counselling, with clients across all age ranges, from age 18, up to and beyond retirement. I have the fullest commitment to offering a service which is welcoming to all backgrounds in a supportive and inclusive manner.
I have twenty years’ experience of working as a business person, employed as a buyer for a national retailer and also owning and running my own company. I enjoyed the fast pace of life – meeting deadlines and hitting targets. I am very aware of how working in a highly stressful environment can affect all aspects of life. It is a reality for many of us to try and balance busy work life and busy family life.
I am passionate about helping others to bring balance into their lives – whatever and wherever the imbalances are. Understanding the way our actions, emotions, and thoughts all relate to each other can be a key to unlock many frustrations and unhappiness we may experience. Ashleigh Warner sums up my beliefs beautifully when she says, 'Beneath every behaviour is a feeling. And beneath every feeling is a need. And when we meet that need rather than focus on the behaviour, we begin to deal with the cause not the symptom'.
I am a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), working within their
- Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions
- Working Online in the Counselling Professions
Information relating to both of these documents can be found at: www.bacp.co.uk.
Qualifications
- I am currently working towards BACP Accreditation
- Level 5 Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapeutic Skills and Theory
- Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling
Continual Professional Development
2020
Windy Dryden: Single Session Therapy
Mental Health Academy: Suicide Prevention Summit
Counselling Tutor: Online & Telephone Counselling
2019
Matthew Harwood: Internal Family Systems – Dialogue with Sub-personalities to heal Childhood Wounds
Dr Zoë Pool: Working with Parts
Hurting to Healing: Breathwork
2018
Counselling Information Trust: Supervision & Ethical Framework
Counselling Information Trust: Working with Dreams
Dr Zoë Pool: Holistic Healing through Mind, Body & Breath
2017
Dr Julia Buckroyd: Live Well, Die Well
Dorset Mindfulness Centre: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Dorset Mindfulness Centre: Self-compassion & Mindfulness