About Jo
Jo Stroud offers approachable, straightforward therapy for people facing relationship strain, stress and anxiety, low mood, or the pressures of parenting and career change. She is a counsellor with NCPS and brings ten years of experience to online sessions. Her style is direct, warm and non-judgmental, aimed at helping people feel heard and safer to talk.
She works with people dealing with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and challenges with self-esteem.
How Jo works
Jo also supports those managing attachment and abandonment concerns, dissociation, and the effects of neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome. Her practice covers practical everyday problems like communication, boundary setting and blended family issues. Jo draws on a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and hands-on exercises.
She uses tools such as timelines, inner child work, emotion-focused techniques, and stabilisation strategies when these help a person feel steadier. Sessions are intended to build skills that people can use outside therapy. Her approach aims to strengthen self-awareness and coping skills.
Work in sessions is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Jo describes her manner as empathetic and genuine, while also offering clear, practical steps to move forward. Sessions are offered online through video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.
People in the United Kingdom can book by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to the therapist’s availability.
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.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | NCPS |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapies and online support that fit your life
Jo uses a small set of evidence-based techniques adapted for online work. One approach focuses on stabilisation and safety skills; this uses grounding exercises and routines to help reduce overwhelm and make day-to-day life more manageable. It is useful for people struggling with trauma responses or dissociation.Another strand involves emotion-focused work, which helps people name and make sense of strong feelings. This can improve communication, support healthier attachments and reduce repeated patterns like codependency or avoidance. Jo also uses timeline and inner child exercises to map what has happened and to process difficult memories in a paced way.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jo will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and will adapt techniques together as therapy progresses. The work is collaborative and paced to the person’s needs rather than following a rigid formula.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for many people. Video calls let conversations feel close to face-to-face, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging can fit into a busy day. These options make it easier to arrange regular sessions around work, childcare or other commitments.
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