- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Jo
Jo Stroud is a counsellor with ten years of experience who aims to help parents and individuals feeling overwhelmed by life changes or relationship strain. She writes plainly and listens closely, offering a warm and non-judgemental space where people can talk through difficult moments and practical worries. Jo often works with people facing anxiety, depression and stress.
She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to parenting and family life.
Background and approach
She has a particular interest in helping people from the neurodiverse community. Her style is direct and empathetic. Jo blends different tools and exercises into sessions, for example timelines, inner child work, emotion-focused techniques and stabilisation methods.
These are used to help clients feel steadier and to make progress between sessions. Sessions are aimed at building self-awareness and everyday skills. Jo focuses on practical steps people can use at home and in relationships.
She also helps people work through communication problems, codependency and attachment concerns. Jo works with adults in the United Kingdom and offers online therapy by video call, phone, live chat or messaging. She holds the NCPS credential and brings a decade of practice to each conversation.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and sessions are scheduled according to the standard process.
What Jo works with
Everything Jo lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Jo helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic methods work online
Many of Jo's sessions use evidence-based techniques adapted for online work. Emotion-focused approaches help people identify and process feelings, which can reduce overwhelm and improve relationships. Inner child work supports people to notice early patterns and to try kinder ways of relating to themselves. Stabilisation and grounding techniques teach short exercises for managing distress between sessions, useful for those coping with trauma or intense emotions.Finding the best approach is part of the therapy. Jo will work collaboratively to decide which tools fit a person's needs and goals. The style can change over time, mixing conversational reflection with practical exercises and homework so the client can try things outside sessions.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth permits. Phone sessions can work when a camera is not wanted or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging give a way to stay in contact between calls or to have shorter, more frequent check-ins. These options can make it easier to fit counselling around parenting, work and day-to-day life.
Questions people ask about Jo
What issues can Jo help with?
Jo supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, stress and coping with life changes. She also helps with relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, trauma and self-esteem difficulties.
How would sessions feel and what approach is used?
Sessions are direct and empathetic, mixing conversational work with practical exercises. Jo uses tools such as timelines, inner child work, emotion-focused techniques and stabilisation methods to help clients manage emotions and take small steps forward.
How much experience does the counsellor have?
Jo has ten years of experience working as a therapist with people who have sought online support for a wide range of issues.
What credentials and location apply to this counsellor?
Jo holds the NCPS credential and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Jo offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Jo?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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