Jo Botten
Person-centred counsellor for stress and trauma
About Jo
Jo Botten focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and low self-esteem. She writes simply and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Jo aims to make the first steps feel manageable and respectful of individual experience.
She has a Master of Arts in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Cambridge and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
Background and approach
Jo brings five years of clinical psychotherapeutic counselling experience alongside earlier therapeutic mentoring work, giving a mix of short-term and longer-term practice. Her approach is rooted in an integrative, person-centred perspective. Sessions focus on building a warm, accepting relationship and helping people use their own strengths.
Jo pays attention to how attachment and abandonment issues show up, and she helps people talk through communication problems and control issues. Jo also supports people dealing with body image worries, caregiver stress, chronic pain or illness, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation.
She has experience addressing self-harm and suicidal thoughts, and she works with mood problems including panic attacks and anxiety disorders. People can expect straightforward conversation, practical reflection and steady emotional support. Jo aims to help clients discover clearer ways forward, piece by piece, at a pace that suits them.
What Jo works with
Sessions & fees
Approaches you can use in online sessions
Jo uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasise relationship and personal strengths. Person-centred work focuses on listening and understanding your perspective so you feel heard and respected; it helps with anxiety, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties. Integrative practice draws on different counselling ideas and tailors them to your needs, which can help with trauma, mood issues and the practical problems that follow major life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences, and they will adapt methods over time so the sessions fit what you need. This is a collaborative process where your voice guides the choices about how to proceed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you see facial cues and have a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be helpful if you have limited bandwidth or prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, paced reflection and convenient contact around busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving or other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and accessibility.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
