Jo Reidy , BACP

Jo Reidy is a BACP counsellor with 15 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and eating difficulties. She aims to create a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgement. Seeking help takes courage and she supports people through those first steps towards change.

Jo draws on a mix of practical and relational approaches. She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to look at unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She also works from an attachment perspective to understand how past relationships affect current patterns.

Her sessions are client-centred, so the person’s priorities shape the work. Conversations are intended to be straightforward, honest and paced to what feels manageable. She helps people set realistic goals and notices small changes along the way.

Jo has particular experience with grief, intimacy-related issues, relationship and family concerns, and challenges linked to identity such as LGBT matters. She also supports people dealing with sleep problems, parenting strain, compassion fatigue and career stress.

People who choose Jo often want a clear, compassionate approach that blends talking with practical steps. She welcomes those navigating life changes, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD and longer-term patterns such as attachment or codependency. Sessions aim to feel like a steady, predictable place to work on what matters most.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Jo works using cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based ideas alongside a client-centred stance. Cognitive behavioural therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting, which can help with anxiety, depression and stress. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns, which is useful for intimacy issues, attachment concerns and some relationship patterns. A client-centred approach means conversations follow the person’s priorities and pace rather than a fixed agenda.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Jo will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods to what the person finds most useful. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus more on thinking habits, relationship patterns or emotional processing at any stage.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and run sessions from different locations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, ongoing reflection between sessions or times when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep continuity while tailoring the format to each person’s life and needs.