About Jo
Jo Botten helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem or the effects of trauma and abuse. She introduces herself simply and directly, aiming to make the first step feel manageable for someone searching for support. Jo works in plain, steady language and focuses on building a warm, non-judgemental relationship.
She believes the person knows their own story and that therapy is a collaboration. Sessions can be short or longer term, depending on what someone needs.
How Jo works
Jo holds a Masters degree in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling from the University of Cambridge and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She has five years of clinical counselling experience alongside prior therapeutic mentoring work, giving a broad background in one-to-one support.
In practice she helps people talk through family conflict, relationship problems and attachment or abandonment worries. She also supports those facing chronic illness or pain, caregiver stress, body image issues, panic attacks, mood problems and overwhelming guilt or shame.
Her approach is integrative and person-centred, which means she draws on different methods to match each person’s needs while keeping the conversation focused on the person in front of her. Jo aims to help people notice strengths they already have and use those strengths to make small, steady changes.
If someone is unsure where to begin, Jo encourages a short initial conversation to see whether her style feels like the right fit and to plan practical next steps.
What Jo works with
The areas below are the ones Jo selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Jo uses an integrative, person-centred way of working that focuses on the person rather than a fixed technique. Person-centred practice means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the person make sense of their experience. This approach suits people who want a collaborative, respectful space to talk about feelings and relationships.She also draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help with specific problems such as panic attacks, mood difficulties and trauma reactions. Those techniques include practical strategies to manage anxiety and to improve communication or coping when life feels overwhelming. They are chosen to match the issue and the person's preferences rather than applied the same way to everyone.
Finding the best approach is part of the early work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, what has helped before and what feels manageable, then try approaches that fit. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they are useful and realistic for everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation and a fuller sense of connection, phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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