Jo Wood

I'll bring my skills, you bring yourself and together we'll find a way through. 

Investing in ourselves and making time for counselling creates space to think about and consider the ways in which life is happening to us or has happened to us and how we are coping. I help people to feel back in the driving seat of their own lives by helping them to process past events or situations, work through difficult feelings and understand why they do the things they do. From there on, i find clients are able to make conscious decisions about how they want to live their lives and positive changes towards a more satisfying life. 

So much of how we feel about ourselves and what's happened to us affects our personal and professional relationships. Even our career choices. I help people to change if they want to. 

One of the ways in which I support clients is with specific therapies such as EMDR which can help with anxiety as well as PTSD and trauma. I enjoy helping people move beyond what's happened to them.  

I liken talking therapy as taking a stroll through the experiences you’ve had and the challenges you’re facing. Whether you're coming to counselling with big things you'd like to work through or a few smaller things, together we'll find a way through. I find a combination of therapeutic methods will enable me to attune to you as the individual you are. Together we will discover what will work best for you. 

Couples Counselling and Conscious Uncoupling: A relationship is the container where security and love can grow and develop over time. Ideally each partner feels safe, respected, valued and able to be themselves, freely choosing to be together, investing their time and energy willingly, collaborating in decision making, resiliently being open to weathering the storms of life supporting each other. If that doesn't sound anything like your relationship, you aren’t alone. 

Couples often come to counselling as a last resort or many opt to break up and never really understand what went wrong, finding themselves holding on to past hurts which stay with them and seem to re- emerge in relationships going forward. 
Coming to couples counselling while you're still in the relationship shows a desire to understand yourself, your partner and your relationship. Regardless of whether you choose to stay together or not. I can provide the space for couples to explore their thoughts and feelings as Individuals as well as cohabitees in the relationship. 
With clarity, clear and effective communication can provide enough insight and understanding to discover and explore what the future might look like.
It is my aim to facilitate a space where partners feel safe, heard and supported so that they can productively move forward, agree to disagree or amicably separate whilst working together in order to navigate the future.  

As an Accredited Psychotherapists all my work sits within a framework of ethics set out by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy so you can be assured of the standards and principles that I uphold in my work.

I am especially experienced with addictive behaviours, harmful behaviour, co-dependency, control, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, self-loathing, feeling stuck in life, low self-esteem, stress and difficulty committing to life and relationships.

Our experiences can prevent us from living a life we would like to be living. It is possible to find new way forward and create a life that's fulfilling. 

I offer an informal, free of charge chat on the phone, there's no obligation to begin counselling, it's an opportunity to get a sense of what it might be like to have counselling with me. Feel welcome to get in touch.

From £50 per 50 minute session within office hours 

For other fees including concessionary rates and availability please visit my website.  Dialogueslife.com.  

I offer a free of charge, no obligation initial chat on the phone prior to the first session.

*I run Dialogues Counselling Service based in Hebden Bridge (we have a profile on here also) we are offering face to face counselling to anyone unable to cover the cost of private counselling. Places are means tested and based on a low income, so if you're looking for therapy but finances are holding you back please get in touch: email: talktodialogues@gmail.com or website: dialogueslcc.org

Best wishes.

I am currently offering 1:1 sessions online or in person.

I offer sessions in the counselling room from 2 locations in Hebden Bridge and in nature for Eco Walk and Talk sessions.

Clinical Wills for Counsellors and Psychotherapists: CWC UK clinical-will.com