Jo Reidy, BACP

Jo Reidy is a counsellor with 15 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Her practice focuses on helping people who are under stress, struggling with anxiety, managing addictions, or dealing with trauma and eating difficulties.

Jo aims to build an open, non-judgemental space where people can speak honestly about their thoughts and feelings. Sessions are practical and down to earth. She listens carefully and helps people find small, manageable steps they can take between meetings.

Her background includes work across a broad range of concerns such as depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep problems, parenting strain, and career uncertainty. She also supports people facing neurodiversity-related challenges like ADHD and conditions that affect mood, including bipolar experiences.

Jo uses a mix of approaches that draw on attachment ideas, client-centred practice, cognitive behavioural techniques, emotionally-focused work, and existential thinking. That variety lets her match day-to-day tools with deeper conversations about values and meaning.

People who come to Jo often want clear, simple strategies alongside space to reflect. She works collaboratively to set goals and adapts her way of working as needs change. Those seeking help for midlife concerns will find her practical focus useful when navigating life transitions.

Ways Jo's approaches translate to online work

Jo draws on client-centred practice, which focuses on listening and following the person's priorities. This approach helps people feel heard and shapes sessions around what matters to them most.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions. CBT offers practical exercises and small experiments that people can try between meetings to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right way of working is usually a collaborative process. Jo works with each person to decide which approach, or combination of approaches, fits their goals and situation. She checks in regularly and adapts methods as needs shift.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Many people appreciate the practical benefits of remote work: it can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats are better for exercises that involve worksheets or thought records, while others suit longer reflective conversation. Discussing practical arrangements at the first meeting helps make sessions useful and manageable for everyday life.