About me
Something has happened - or perhaps a lot of things, over a long time. Trauma and abuse can leave deep marks: on how you see yourself, how you trust others, how safe the world feels. Often the effects show up in ways that aren't immediately obvious - as anxiety, low mood, difficulty in relationships, a feeling of overwhelm.
Or maybe there's no single set of events to point to. Just a heaviness. A feeling of loss. Question about who you really are.
Whatever's brought you here - trauma, abuse, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, relationship difficulties, or questions of identity and sexuality - you don't have to keep carrying it alone.
I'm Jo - a BACP Accredited psychotherapist with practices in Central London and Tunbridge Wells, Kent. I'm also available online.
My approach is integrative - I draw on a range of therapeutic traditions and shape the work around you, not a fixed method. I bring broad professional training alongside my own rich, and at times very difficult, life experience. You'll find me warm, engaged and easy to talk to - present with you, not simply sitting in silence.
I deliberately keep my client list relatively small. I want every person with whom I work to feel that they have my full attention and care - not a stretched or distracted version of it. I am also a fully LGBTQ+ affirming therapist with specialist training in gender, sexuality and relationship diversity.
The simplest first step is a free, no obligation 20 - 30 minute Zoom call, to talk through what's going on for you.
I'd love to hear from you.
Get in touch through this site or via www.jjstherapy.com
Training, qualifications & experience
- MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling - Regent's University, London (Distinction & Academic Award)
- Levels 1 and 2 qualifications in Narrative Therapy - Dulwich Centre, Adelaide
- Diploma in working with Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversity (GSRD) - Rainbow Minds, Dublin
- BACP Certificate of Proficiency
- Foundation Certificate in Psychotherapy and Counselling - CCPE, London
- MA Digital Culture and Society - King's College, London (Distinction & Academic Award). Dissertation focus on online mental health, including internet addiction.
- Befriending and support work for acutely depressed/suicidal people at The Maytree Respite Centre, London.
Member organisations
school Registered / Accredited
Being registered/accredited with a professional body means an individual must have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by their member organisation.
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
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Sexual and/or gender identity issues
Therapies offered
Fees
£70.00 - £80.00
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Available now for new clients.
- Online sessions (£70)
- Face-to-face sessions in Tunbridge Wells, Kent (£75)
- Face-to-face sessions in London (£80)
Sessions last 50 minutes.
Concessionary prices may be available - please ask.
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