Jo has a global practice, joining a community of therapists who use an online space to do therapy.

Jo's approach is influenced by The Conversational Model, created by Emeritas Professor Russell Meares. Jo participated in a three year training in this psychodynamic psychotherapy run out of Sydney at Westmead Hospital. Jo is also influenced by her training in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing  Therapy (EMDR), having completed the Advanced Level training acreditted by E.M.D.R.A.A. Jo has on going supervision to maintain her standards of care in these therapies.

What is online therapy?

Therapy space is usually created between two people in the same location. With on line therapy the therapeutic relationship is developed in the virtual space between the therapist and the person seeking help. As an attachment therapist I believe the relationship is the key aspect for change, and on line this relationship is built up carefully over time. Some people need small increments of time, building from a 30 minute session to a 55 minute session as they become more familiar with the on line environment. Other people are so familiar with communicating on line that they feel safe enough to begin talking in 1 hour sessions very soon after meeting their therapist.

After beginning to understand your history in the initial couple of sessions, and talking about what you would like to achieve, you and I  will negotiate how you would like to go forward. 

Development of yourself is a key activity in conversational therapy. Perhaps you would like to resolve patterns of coping which are no longer helpful, and may be holding you back. These patterns may lie in your relationships with your children, your partner, friends or work place activity. These painful and contradictory patterns may influence your mood and general wellbeing. You may want ways to calm your intense emotions such as anger, frustration, annoyance, or fear. It is a natural phenomenon for us to manage what we find most painful by the use of defensive coping strategies - feeling