Jo Lloyd
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About me
Bringing compassion and understanding to FOOD BASED ISSUES. Relationships with food can have a huge impact on our lives. It may be that an issue such as yo-yo dieting, over eating, under eating, binge eating, or a poor relationship with food dominates your life or it may be that at times of stress you notice your eating patterns and ability to look after yourself suffers.
Food may not be part of your presenting worries, and that is fine, I have extensive experience and can help with many other issues but if you know food is part of your “story” I have an specialised training (graduating from the US based Institute for the Psychology of Eating). This training sits beautifully alongside my counselling qualifications and experience helping to investigate the connection between food, body and emotions.
I can provide support to those receiving help with eating disorders (and parents of children facing these challenges) and have also successfully worked with many weight loss clients (including those on their Ozempic/ GLP-1 journey). Most of us have understanding of what we ideally should and shouldn’t eat and yet we don’t act effectively on it, the missing piece is the emotional aspects. This is where my specialist training comes in.
I am a BACP accredited counsellor offering a rounded and individually tailored style of therapy offering you a safe space to share your story or work towards your goals. For therapy to be effective it needs to be realistic, yet compassionate, empathic and non judgmental. I undertake to offer you nurturing and respectful support.
I offer short term, long term or one-off counselling. I am happy to provide telephone or video sessions and work with clients worldwide.
Training, qualifications & experience
BACP Accredited Member
Diploma in Integrative Humanistic Counselling
Diploma in Psychotherpeutic Counselling
Psychology of Eating Coach (Institute for the Psychology of Eating - Colorado, USA)
Wellness coach (Amanda Hamilton trained)
Additional courses in:
Family dynamics
Short term therapy
Attachment theory
Sex therapy
Domestic abuse
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
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BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I am a Certified Psychology of Eating Coach (having graduated from the U.S. based Institute for the Psychology of Eating) covering areas of over-eating, under-eating, binge eating, yo-yo dieting and other food relationship issues.
Therapies offered
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Fees
£80.00 per session
Free initial telephone session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
£80 per 50 minute session. £450 for block of 6 booked in advance
Lower fees for counselling students.
Face to face session are only available from my Salisbury Practice, all other sessions are conducted via video.
When I work
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Face to face appointment (Salisbury) on Monday and Tuesday.
Video and telephone appointments at all other times
Further information
I am a Registered Accredited Member of British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists and adhere to their code of ethics and am fully insured.
I have a masters degree with my main focus on emotional intelligence
I am fully DBS checked (previously CRB).
