Jo Reidy, BACP

Jo Reidy is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of professional experience. She offers calm, steady support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction and trauma. Jo aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and straightforward.

She creates a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can say what they feel. Conversations focus on what matters now and on small practical changes that help day-to-day. Jo encourages people to notice patterns in relationships, mood and behaviour and to try new ways of coping.

Her work draws on Attachment-Based, Client-Centred and Cognitive Behavioural approaches alongside emotionally focused and existential ideas. That mix helps with problems such as grief, eating concerns, intimacy worries and low self-esteem. Jo adapts the way she works to match each person’s goals and pace.

Jo has supported people through caring stress, parenting strain, career shifts and major life changes. She also offers guidance around ADHD, compassion fatigue and issues linked to adoption and attachment. Her practice pays attention to how past losses and early relationships continue to affect present life.

Sessions are practical and conversational. Jo balances listening with gentle challenge and straightforward tools you can use between meetings. She aims to help people feel more in control, more connected to themselves, and clearer about next steps.

Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions offer

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It can help with trust, attachment issues and recurring relationship hurts by looking at how past losses or caregiving experiences affect feelings now.

Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judgment and helps people find their own pace and answers, which is useful for problems like low self-esteem, life transitions and decision making.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions connect. It offers clear exercises and practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood swings and change unhelpful behaviours.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jo will discuss different methods and together decide what fits your goals and comfort level. The plan can change as therapy progresses to reflect what is most helpful.

Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit shorter check-ins, quick reflections between meetings or times when typing feels easier than speaking.

Registered and accredited professionals routinely use these formats to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives while keeping the focus on consistent, effective support.