Jo Reidy
Calm practical support for life changes
About Jo
Jo Reidy is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 15 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and eating difficulties. Jo aims to make the first step towards change feel easier by offering steady support and clear guidance.
She creates an open space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgement. Sessions are intended to be straightforward and practical, so people leave with ideas they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Jo emphasises collaboration and respects the pace each person needs. Her background includes work across mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, relationship and intimacy issues, grief and parenting strain. She also supports people facing long-term challenges like chronic illness, caregiver stress and body image problems.
That variety helps her tailor sessions to different life situations. Jo uses several therapeutic approaches to meet people where they are. Techniques drawn from attachment-based work and client-centred practice help with emotional connection and self-understanding.
Cognitive behavioural methods are used to spot unhelpful patterns and build new coping strategies. People often come wanting help with sleep, anger, self-esteem, career crossroads or coping with big life changes. Jo also works with concerns around ADHD, compassion fatigue and communication problems.
She aims to make therapy a practical part of daily life, not a separate, daunting task.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Jo draws on attachment-based work to help people understand patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current feelings. This approach can help when people struggle with trust, abandonment or connection issues. Client-centred therapy is another key strand where the focus is on listening, acceptance and helping the person find their own solutions. It suits people who want a supportive space to make sense of their feelings.Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. It is practical and often helpful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and some eating concerns. Jo mixes these approaches to match the issue at hand and the person's preferences rather than using the same method for everyone.
Finding the right fit is part of the process and Jo works collaboratively to choose methods that match the client's goals. She reviews progress together and adjusts the approach if something feels unhelpful. Clients are invited to talk about what they want from therapy so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which gives flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during busy days, while chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
